Hi All,
I need to know best options to decorate and keep my tortoise engaged in his place. I noticed he likes playing with toys, rocks, plants and likes to climb and slide from his stairs and hide. But, I really need to know the type of activities, toys and other stuff they really like doing...
Update! My tortoise is doing good so far, jumping up and down, eating well and pooping in his food as usual, passing urates regularly and driving me crazy with new hide out inventions! I completed his baytril+flagyl doses and keep him cleaned with clorhexadine and covered in gauze. I haven't...
@Gillian Moore, yea he is doing great and surprisingly very very strong! I gave him his first shot of Baytril .05ml diluted in .05ml of saline, as i read in the medical article i posted above that these shots are extremely painful and has to be diluted in saline or sterilized water for medical...
Thanks, he is doing good so far! His antibiotics will arrive today! His shell is getting back together on its own, just keeping him clean with
clorhexadine and keeping him hydrated and his wounds dry at all times, the article i posted above is very detailed and helped alot!
For the most part he is not on the dirt, today he is climbing up and down to his house and back, generally very active and eating well.
The silver sulfadane is I believe for outer injuries and will do more harm if it gets into his organs inside. The shell breaks are deep and i can see his...
Thanks all, very reassuring indeed! I got hold of baytril, its on the way, will reach saturday morning,
Pictures are immediately after the fall, i cleaned him up and keeping him in gauze, giving him a a clean up every 24hrs with clorhexadine,
Good advice on hydrating stuff, i'm soaking his...
It happened yesterday afternoon, i read the article on another thread about putting the shell together with cable ties.. it seems pretty good and makes it possible to open the wound if needed...
Hello All,
My Mediterranean tortoise fell out from my 3rd floor apartment and broke his shell. Luckily he survived the fall and is moving all his limbs, eating well and acting normal. However, he still has fluids draining from his shell breaks. I tried to find a vet all around my city, but there...