Thank you for the advice. I've stopped the antibiotics a while ago, and I'm making sure she stays warm and hydrated.
So, given the circumstances do you think it will be too risky to hibernate her?
Shes's a desert tortoise. She stays out all day during the day. The back yard is pretty big, so she gets lots of exercise, and there's lots of shady places to hide away. At night, I've been putting her in a dog igloo in the garage. I've put that on top of some sheets in case the ground gets...
Thank you so much for the replies everyone, I know my own reply is seriously late -- things have been hectic here!
Things are more or less the same with my girl. Her nose is still running, but it is still a clear discharge. Her appetite has unchanged, and she's as mobile as ever. I do hear her...
I don't think it is stress. Nothing has really changed. My niece and nephew play around her in the backyard sometimes, but they always have. I don't allow them to play WITH her, and the only time they interact with her is monitored -- usually petting her gently on the head and shell, or feeding...
I took my tortoise to the vet yesterday for a chronic runny, sometimes bubbly nose and he prescribed gentamicin sulfate. As they did not have the drops on hand, the vet (who I found on the CTTC website) wrote me a prescription to be filled at a normal pharmacy. The instructions say they are to...
Thank you all for the help.
I'm in Southern CA. The nearest CTTC is about an hour away, so I will look into it.
And I am definitely NOT going to allow breeding to happen, no matter how ridiculously cute tortoise hatchlings are.
Hello everyone, I have a few questions regarding CA permit laws and would really appreciate some help.
First of all, is it legal to own more than one desert tortoise in CA?
And, secondly, can they be confiscated while you are trying to apply for a permit? My father acquired these tortoises...