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    Giving shots plus how to hydrate

    My 94 pound male sulcata has a bladder infection and needs antibiotic shots except he wont let me inject him with the needle. Any tricks to giving a large tortoise shots? Seven years ago he had a respiratory infection and I flipped him on his back to immobilize him and was able to give him the...
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    Ammonia smell

    I walked into my sulcatas shed today and it smells very strong of ammonia I never noticed anything like that before. He has been lethargic and not been out of his shed in days I am worried about a bladder stone and he has an appointment with a reptile vet in Seattle on Thursday morning. I am...
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    Worried about aspiration in sulcata

    I am concerned that my 4 year old sulcata might have aspirated some water. She had urates in her soaking water a couple days ago and when I took her out of the water she had urates on her nose and her whole face was wet. She always tries to eat anything white and I am thinking she tried to eat...
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    Sulcata problem (open mouth breathing?)

    My 4 year old sulcata had a runny nose and was treated with antibiotic drops which I put in her nostrils 2x a day. Her runny nose is now gone but whenever I pick her up and turn her face up in the air like when I put drops in her nostrils she opens her mouth like she is having a breathing...
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