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    Poorly Earl, Conflicting advice and confuzzled brain!

    Thank you for your kind words. 💔 I will be leaving this forum now. Thank you for everyone's help.
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    Poorly Earl, Conflicting advice and confuzzled brain!

    Sadly, Earl never made it to the vets. He passed away on Wednesday 💔😢
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    Poorly Earl, Conflicting advice and confuzzled brain!

    I, for one, am very very grateful for your efforts Tom and that I have found this forum. Fingers crossed for a good result on Thursday 🤞 then its onwards and upwards for Earl and I, armed with the correct information!
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    Poorly Earl, Conflicting advice and confuzzled brain!

    UPDATE : Earl is booked in for an X-ray on Thursday with a view to taking a blood sample also
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    Poorly Earl, Conflicting advice and confuzzled brain!

    Thank you Tom 😊
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    Poorly Earl, Conflicting advice and confuzzled brain!

    Sadly, this one is on me 😔 A little knowledge is dangerous. Hoping to save him and move forward.
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    Poorly Earl, Conflicting advice and confuzzled brain!

    Thank you Michael! This is what I mean about conflicting info! The vet said to feed him green leaves like rocket etc and not the pellets. The lady in the pet store said they like colours so lots of carrots, tomatoes strawberries etc It's mind boggling! I am going to stick with the care sheets...
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    Poorly Earl, Conflicting advice and confuzzled brain!

    This is Earl this morning after his Reptoboost bath. Still has eaten or pooped. Had 3 days of Karidox so far. He doesnt pull his head in if you touch him really. Calling the vet again today. What uv light do I need to get please? Tom's sheet said a tube one from a hardware store - has someone...
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    Poorly Earl, Conflicting advice and confuzzled brain!

    No they haven't x-rayed him yet. No pooping in the water either. I will remove him from the box with straw. As I need to keep him warm while he is ill and haven't got a big enough enclosure at present, is there anything temporary that would be of benefit? Thank you for your help.
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    Poorly Earl, Conflicting advice and confuzzled brain!

    Thank you very much Tom. I will act on your advice straight away.
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    Poorly Earl, Conflicting advice and confuzzled brain!

    Thank you for reply, I really appreciate it. I'm putting him outside and sitting with him as I haven't got an outside enclosure yet. I have put the ceramic heat lamp on a plastic box with some straw and put him in it as a short term measure but don't feel its adequately heating as it has no...
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    Poorly Earl, Conflicting advice and confuzzled brain!

    Hi Jamie thanks for replying! He is not in an enclosure, he roams freely around the house. There is no heat lamp or uv lamp but he does go outside, again not in an enclosure. He is fed rocket, watercress, tomatoes, lettuce, dandelions, carrots, strawberries alongside compressed grass blocks...
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    Poorly Earl, Conflicting advice and confuzzled brain!

    Hi, thank you for letting me join! I have already learnt that pretty much everything I've done with him is incorrect in some way from reading the care sheets on here. I have a Russian tortoise called Earl. He is around 11 years old. He started off in a vivarium then wd moved him to a tortoise...
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