Yvonne, you're so right I really feel I've let these guys down. They are real pets to us, especially mojo our 14year old male (who looked ok yesterday, but died overnight) he was a real character and a charmer both with us and his ladies.
Well quick update, just offered the survivors some romaine, all are eating well.
Re infection yes it's a possibility, I'm a pathobiologist (although my specializations fish diseases) so I've got culture plates taken and incubating already. I'll see our department's vet re necropsys tomorrow...
Hi,
I've had a hibernation disaster and need your advice.
First the terrible news. yesterday I woke my tortoises from their fridge based hubernations (all 21 of them 10 Ibera Greeks, 11 eastern hermann's) the hermann's are perfect. But I've lost 5 of my Iberas 4 appeared the not come out of...
Hi,
I'm looking for one or two female Ibera Greeks to increase my breeding colony.
Please pm me with any information you have age/size/proven etc.
Thanks
Ian
The dye is Fluorescein it comes on a paper dip stick and the vet just touches the eye with it. it shows up scratches and damage to the cornea. I've found Terramycin eye ointment to be a very effective starting treatment for sore eye in red foots.
Hi
I'd be interested in her, I'm in bangor Maine we could meet at a half way point (Portland ME?) one weekend if that was possible.
She'd be my first Russian (but they are a species I've been thinking of keeping for a few years now), but I do have Greeks (Goddnes and Ibera, 10+ years) and...
Hi all,
just picked up a new male hermann's tortoise. He came as a T. h. b. but I think he is pretty atypical the best fit based on the great figures on here are T h herg, but again he's not completely typical of them either so i'd appreciate you thoughts on what he is.
Thanks in advance...
Parasite eggs and cysts are usually very resistant to pH they have to survive the stomach acids of their host (most vertebrates that have stomach have an acid stomach as this help hydrolyze proteins. The resistance of parasite eggs to the environment is legendary the eggs of pig round worm...
Well the adult worms are 3-4 inches long, but they live in the intestine and are rarely seen, usually when the population of worms in the gut is large and some adults abandon ship by leaving via the mouth or cloacae (which is kind of stressful for the animal and the owner.)
The eggs, which are...
Clearly you've never had spotted **** :D
I'm a Brit BTW[hr]
And that often has Ivemectin as an ingredient, and in quite high doses, as it is so safe for mammals
Eating dog poop isn't good in my opinion (I'm a lower vertebrate parasitologist) many reasons, Ivermectin drug residues from worming treatments for one (Ivermectin is fatal to tortoises). I'm not sure there are any huge dietary benefits for a tortoise eating dog poo (or any mammal poo), but...