Big Bertha Doing Great

[ZEROPILOT]

Her tote is in my enclosed sun room.
Nothing in there but warmth and shade.
She is still VERY groggy!

 

[Merrick]

Her tote is in my enclosed sun room.
Nothing in there but warmth and shade.
She is still VERY groggy!

Good hope she feels better

 

[Jodie]

This poor tortoise. And poor keeper. Bless you both.

 

[Pearly]

Good hope she feels better

Wow! LACTULOSE should work. It is nasty, sticky very sweet syrup that we use a lot in human medicine (commonly used in people with liver failure to keep amonia levels down). If she likes the sweet taste in her fruits you should be able to get her to gobble it with her food. Enemas usually work when the poo is "right there", but some times they just don't and it takes working from both ends to get things going. I wish the Queen good and peaceful rest and once awake from her sedation induced slumber, I hope she gets to make the best poo this world has ever seen

 

[Angel Carrion]

Hopefully that lactulose stuff works. When it does, be ready for the never ending poop day.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I'm uncertain if all is actually well with her.
Five Hours After I Picked Her Up And She's Still Limp And Still drooling.
She's mostly unresponsive.
I hope that something didn't go wrong.

 

[Angel Carrion]

Is your vet still open? I would suggest calling and asking the vet if that's normal/okay?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

This is never ending, isn't it?
I know how stressful this is for me, so I can't imagine how you must feel, Ed.
Hang on in there.
Both of you.

 

[leigti]

This is never ending, isn't it?
I know how stressful this is for me, so I can't imagine how you must feel, Ed.
Hang on in there.
Both of you.

I agree. It is an emotional roller coaster for me just to read this I can't imagine going through it.

 

[ShannonC]

Same here!! I have been on edge about all this.....can't imagine how it feels going through it!!

 

[Pearly]

I'm uncertain if all is actually well with her.
Five Hours After I Picked Her Up And She's Still Limp And Still drooling.
She's mostly unresponsive.
I hope that something didn't go wrong.

Is she able to metabolize whatever they gave her? Some drugs have pretty long half-life, do you know what they gave her and how much?

 

[Amanda81]

The liquid is called "lactalose".
It might be spelled differently.
I picked her up and she is limp and drooling. They gave her an enema and lactalose. She hasn't pooped. She isn't really even awake.
I placed her inside her indoors tote for some rest and I won't bother her until tomorrow.
Hopefully she'll poo and then eat something that I can put lactalose on. Otherwise I must somehow pry her mouth open.
She also gets her second to last antibiotic injection. I don't want to ad extra stress. It's quite a lot already.

If this works the same in tortoises as it does humans she should clean out rather well. I'm a nurse and work with the elderly, many of my patients are on this, usually to flush high ammonia levels, like 4 doses a day is the norm but my patients complain of diaherra somedays and will skip a dose here and there.

 

[Lyn W]

I'm uncertain if all is actually well with her.
Five Hours After I Picked Her Up And She's Still Limp And Still drooling.
She's mostly unresponsive.
I hope that something didn't go wrong.

So do I Ed ,
Hopefully not
See what the vet says today if no change.
,

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I didn't get my usual itemized bill, so I don't know what the sedative was. I only know that they always have to give her more than normal because she is hard to sedate.
This morning I touched her front leg and she quickly pulled it inside. She is also 180 degrees from were she was last night, facing west.
I placed her back outside into her night house. I had to be quiet and not wake up Kelly.
She is out of the sedation and when I get home from work, I'll try to feed her some food with the laxative on it....And look for poop. There is still none.
This is also antibiotic shot day.....

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I didn't get my usual itemized bill, so I don't know what the sedative was. I only know that they always have to give her more than normal because she is hard to sedate.
This morning I touched her front leg and she quickly pulled it inside. She is also 180 degrees from were she was last night, facing west.
I placed her back outside into her night house. I had to be quiet and not wake up Kelly.
She is out of the sedation and when I get home from work, I'll try to feed her some food with the laxative on it....And look for poop. There is still none.
This is also antibiotic shot day.....

Good luck.
An important day for Queen Bertha, I feel.

 

[Lyn W]

I didn't get my usual itemized bill, so I don't know what the sedative was. I only know that they always have to give her more than normal because she is hard to sedate.
This morning I touched her front leg and she quickly pulled it inside. She is also 180 degrees from were she was last night, facing west.
I placed her back outside into her night house. I had to be quiet and not wake up Kelly.
She is out of the sedation and when I get home from work, I'll try to feed her some food with the laxative on it....And look for poop. There is still none.
This is also antibiotic shot day.....

Its good news she's out of sedation Ed, now just go to wait for the magic potion to work.
Does the vet think she'll be ok with her antib's so soon after sedation and the other stuff?

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Yes.
She is very tough.(Bertha)
Maybe this is a case of "what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger."

 

[Lyn W]

She is a tough old tort with everything she's been through!
Fingers crossed for her getting over another hurdle.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

She is a tough old tort with everything she's been through!
Fingers crossed for her getting over another hurdle.

She usually gets over the first hurdle then crashes through the next three. Then is found by the fifth hurdle upside down.
Yes. She is tough.

 

[Pearly]

Good morning! I so hope you have found Bertha more awake this morning