Can anyone help? Our 35 year old Mediterranean Spur Thighed tortoise hasn't eaten since she woke from hibernation (April). We took her to a vets who wasn't sure what was wrong, did loads of tests and suggested it might be depleted tortoise syndrome. The vet was pessimistic about the outcome but suggested they might sew a feeding tube to her mouth, by which we could syringe feed her. We felt this was too intrusive and brought her home and have not taken her to a vet since. She drinks when we bath her and sometimes appears interested in food and will nibble something, but doesn't appear to be able to swallow it (it just stays in her mouth).
We are sort-of resigned to having her put down once she goes into hibernation at the end of this season. This is obviously upsetting for us.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to anything we could do to improve the situation?
Sharen
We are sort-of resigned to having her put down once she goes into hibernation at the end of this season. This is obviously upsetting for us.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to anything we could do to improve the situation?
Sharen