I have a snapping turtle who's a little guy, he's about 5 inches, i rescued him as a baby, him and his family were being laid when a hungry hillbilly killed her, he called me and told me that she laid an egg, i took care of the egg until baby snapper hatched, he was very un-social and wouldn't...
My Russian tortoise Nikolai, the one that alot of you helped with and prayed for, for unknown reasons but what appears to be from vitamin deficiencies, Nikolai passed away today, i am beyond sad to tell you that, and now i have to go through the stress of where to bury him, moving his body, and...
Day 3: Nikolai is now eating and hasn't puked, he hasn't pooped either, tortoises metabolism is so slow its hard to tell if he's ok, i haven't herd anything about the swelling yet, but i think he's gonna get him eating first, i thank you once more for your prayers and ask again that you keep...
Day 2: Nikolai is ok, there continuing with feeding and watering, and are now giving him vitamins that he lost from not eating, although he never said if he was doing good or bad, but the fact that he's still alive has me beyond happy, i thank you for your prayers and support, keep praying...
My russian that many of you helped with finally made it to the vet, when we first got there we talked about what things i should add/change or Nikolai, then we got down to business, they currently don't know whats wrong with him, but he hasn't ate in awhile, so there gonna tube him and with that...
Ok, thank you very, very much for the help, I'm going to do these things until we get him to the vet, and probably even when we get back, once again, thank you
Where could i get these "bird vitamins"
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Not natural sun, but he gets some from a UVB lamp
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Its a long drive to the nearest reptile vet, but were definitely gonna do it, thank you to everybody for the help
Ok, heres his back legs (very swollen) and his front legs
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I dont know the light but i have the temperatures, 80 on the cool, and 100 on the warm, from 6am to 9pm, and i feed him mainly romain lettuce, carrots, and dandelions
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Yes i am soaking him, about twice a week seince hes not...
My russian tortoise wont eat, and barley and resistance in his legs, he sleeps almost 24/7 and barley walks around, heres some pictures , the one thing on his front leg isn't a cut, just a little dirt, his temputures are right, the one side is a little warm though, HELP!!! Thanks
He feels like a healthy weight, but he wont eat, sleeps alot, and doesn't show signs of sickness, another thing that concerns me is that he barley resists when a check his legs, there almost limp :,(
My russia, I've had him going on year two, hes been sleeping alot and moving very slowly, and also wont eat, he seemed healthy up to this my question is, is this hibernation or is he sick, thank you