Recent content by Franco F

Hi everyone, I was wondering what people line their tortoise tables with. I have used garbage bags for years which I staple into the table, which have never really ever been a problem. But I’ve realized these may contain toxic chemicals, which I want to avoid. My tortoise never really has any...

Hey just wanted to provide an update to everyone who responded in this thread. My tortoise made a full recovery. His leg socket filled out again and he’s totally back to his old self. Thank you everyone for caring

If you look closely into his leg cavity you can see how much meat he’s missing in there. It’s much better now than when it was when the vet cleaned all that dirt buildup. Seems like it’s balancing back out and will go back to normalcy when he gains his weight back

I will definitely post pictures of it later. I don’t wanna disturb him right now because the treatment at the vet was a lot of stress on him yesterday

He has a 7ft x 2 3/4 ft enclosure with an 1.5 ft depth

I usually make it deep enough so that basically his neck is sticking out of the water. I don’t know for how long, just seems like a total freak thing that the dirt would be lodged in there like that and starting affecting his bladder function. It could have been like that for a while

I will keep him on the substrate but I’ll closely monitor his behavior and will just have to be extra careful to make sure he doesn’t have any substrate building up in his shell cavities. I ordered the Minerall last night so hopefully that does the trick with the rock eating. And I’m working on...

Thank you. I wish I could put the bark down but he has a habit of eating small chips and rocks. He’s cute but he’s not the brightest. His X-ray showed he has some small rocks in his belly too, which will probably pass through his stool

Well now he has a huge gap where all the meat from his leg is supposed to be

I’m glad too. He’s basically my son. I love him to death. I’m just really disappointed I didn’t catch this sooner because he probably was in pain the whole time. And I hope his tissue in his leg cavity will regenerate over time with eating regularly

It’s okay I don’t feel disrespected. I soak him at least 5 times a week, as I’ve done since he hatched. He’s about 6 inches long. The dirt was so calcified and tucked under his keg cavity that soaking never cleared it out, and I didn’t recognize that

He took three massive poops since bringing him home. And is back to being wild and really active again

I’ve only used coconut coir since he was a hatchling. I soak him minimum 5 times a week. Maybe I have to just really really pack the coconut coir down

Hi All, A while back I posted about weird behavior my tortoise was experiencing with his diet and pooping habits. He was barely eating for months and would rarely poop. I brought him to the vet because this behavior was really really starting to worry me that he was experiencing some sort of...

Yes he’s definitely scrambling to get out of the tub. He doesn’t seem lethargic or anything like that. I don’t think he swallowed any perlite at this point because I only added those plants in a few days ago and he’s been having these issues before that. But you’re right I agree he’s going to...