How can I check them. And diagnose common diseases ?
May 16, 2016 #1 M Mina Adel Member Joined Mar 17, 2016 Messages 225 How can I check them. And diagnose common diseases ?
May 17, 2016 #2 JoesMum Well-Known Member 10 Year Member! Joined Oct 26, 2011 Messages 21,586 Location (City and/or State) Kent, South East England Mina, your big problem is overcrowding and hydration and possibly diet too. The illness suffered by your torts may be many and varied, but the cause is the same and that is what needs sorting out. The commonest problem displayed by torts is MBD - caused by poor diet and lack of UVB and dietary calcium. Next is probably a respiratory infection with a runny nose and the tort become lifeless. Temperature problems are frequently at the root of those.
Mina, your big problem is overcrowding and hydration and possibly diet too. The illness suffered by your torts may be many and varied, but the cause is the same and that is what needs sorting out. The commonest problem displayed by torts is MBD - caused by poor diet and lack of UVB and dietary calcium. Next is probably a respiratory infection with a runny nose and the tort become lifeless. Temperature problems are frequently at the root of those.
May 17, 2016 #3 SarahChelonoidis Well-Known Member 5 Year Member Joined Apr 20, 2015 Messages 1,892 Location (City and/or State) Toronto, Canada I recommend picking up a copy of Amanda Ebenhack's "Health Care & Rehabilitation of Turtles and Tortoises".
I recommend picking up a copy of Amanda Ebenhack's "Health Care & Rehabilitation of Turtles and Tortoises".
May 17, 2016 #4 JoesMum Well-Known Member 10 Year Member! Joined Oct 26, 2011 Messages 21,586 Location (City and/or State) Kent, South East England SarahChelonoidis said: I recommend picking up a copy of Amanda Ebenhack's "Health Care & Rehabilitation of Turtles and Tortoises". Click to expand... It's not cheap though ISBN-13: 978-0978755652
SarahChelonoidis said: I recommend picking up a copy of Amanda Ebenhack's "Health Care & Rehabilitation of Turtles and Tortoises". Click to expand... It's not cheap though ISBN-13: 978-0978755652
May 17, 2016 #5 M Mina Adel Member Joined Mar 17, 2016 Messages 225 If there are books for free I can download them. Or something to read online. As I haven't much money to buy them.
If there are books for free I can download them. Or something to read online. As I haven't much money to buy them.
May 17, 2016 #6 JoesMum Well-Known Member 10 Year Member! Joined Oct 26, 2011 Messages 21,586 Location (City and/or State) Kent, South East England http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/commondisease.html
May 17, 2016 #7 M Mina Adel Member Joined Mar 17, 2016 Messages 225 If anyone wants to donate an old book to me that will be very very helpful. ❤
May 24, 2016 #8 M Mina Adel Member Joined Mar 17, 2016 Messages 225 How can i know If an egg broke inside the tortoise? She excrete the white part of an egg. And this viscus liquid smells exactly like a broken egg. I gave her paraffin oil 2 weeks ago. Is she gonna die?
How can i know If an egg broke inside the tortoise? She excrete the white part of an egg. And this viscus liquid smells exactly like a broken egg. I gave her paraffin oil 2 weeks ago. Is she gonna die?