Jessica w.
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I have never seen any living creature that's "in good health" with this much edema. You mention the swelling is "around the legs and by the shell"? So it's on both hips/butt? Meaning symetrical?She is eating great, active. Temps 72-95-85 6ft encloser eats varied greens. Seems to be in good health besides this. Our reptile vet is 1 hrs 1/2 away and she doesn't work e
I have never seen any living creature that's "in good health" with this much edema. You mention the swelling is "around the legs and by the shell"? So it's on both hips/butt? Meaning symetrical?
Jessica, the fact that she is eating and acting normal doesn't surprise me. Torts are very tough and can take a lot before their body starts to decompensate. Edema is NOT normal. If it was just in one place I'd say "bug bite" or some other local trauma, but all over like this, is likely to be a symptom of internal organ involvement. I don't mean to fear monger here but again if she were mine I'd want to check her basic labs at least (blood count, chemistry which both can tell you about infection, kidney/liver/electrolyte problems). Could we go back to my first reply to your initial post? And could you answer every single one of my questions that I asked there? Address one by one with detail. Include pictures. This way we'll get a little better picture and might be able to give you some better advise to tide you over until she can be seen by your vetYes around both back legs. A little around front.
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/teabag-pillow.144140/page-1
That is kidney/liver failure symptom. I had the same stuff with my tortoise. It's probably a matter of time for him to stop eating and get lethargic. They can go for a long time with all that fluid building up but it's a torture. Vet ASAP. I soaked mine in herbal tea increasing diuresis - try that it helps a lot (link on top). And got him on drugs stimulating liver for about 2 months. He pulled trough but there were times that I thought that he won't. His was diagnosed with a gout. He was swollen and had deposits of uric acid/salts crystals on both sides of his head/neck that were removed in a course of a surgery.
When you open her mouth do you feel pee ish smell?[QUOTE="Jessica w., post: 1496052, I am having a hard time using this site. She is in a 6ft×3ft horse trough encloser. Heat temps right now 80-90-77 she is eating varied greens, very active, soaks. I seed some of the turtle groups, they all said she was fat. Her poop looks the same. I was told to worm her. She has been wormed in past. I have appointment with reptile vet but couldn't get in untile 23rd. I left my local dog vet a message to see what she could do, maybe blood work. I check inside her mouth and it's pink. I also gave her a carrot soak. My local dog vet will take any recommendations, but hasn't seen many reptiles.