the vet said to me as long as he is taking it from the syringe not to put him under the stress of having the tube put in, and he happily takes it at the moment and from his rapid progress in the last week i think that he may not need to be fed by syringe forever. i will order some of the...
he seems really good today, he has managed to wriggle over to the hot side of his enclosure and bask a little, i have moved him back but still facing that way incase he want to wriggle over again.
is this the correct critical care...
The vet has said that he isn't blind in that eye and it is just where he rubs it on his leg where his head is tilted. He is a lot mor alert over the past few days and is moveing his legs a hell of a lot more, I think that going outside I te wrmer weather is helping. I will have a look into...
I BOOKED AN APOINTMENT FOR TODAY
the outcome is that he is gonna be like this for a while and more likley for ever, his head tilt is due to brain damage and so is his eye not opening as it rubs on his leg.
im gonna have to syringe feed him daily as i am.
and the vet also trimmed his beak as...
well the vet cancelled my appointment!!!!!!!! i am booked in next tuesday! does anyone know of a vet near colchester essex? nothing changed today, altough his eye is open a llittle all the time now which is really good! he seems a bit more alert over the last couple of days aswel :)
he was on komodo tortoise pellet, before the accident and i add a little hot water and mush them up, i always leave mushed up ones out for him and dry ones too.
after 3 months of my routine, dexta opened his other eye today!!! i cant believe it!! it gives me hope. he has an appointment at a different vets tomorrow eve so hopefully there will be two days of good news.
i also didnt feed him as much today so hopefully he will be hungrier tomorrow.
When I'm feeding him he chews on the syringe a bit and seems to have sensation in his mouth, the vet said that he may have forgotten how graize and feed, but he knows now that the syringe is food, if that makes sense.
I syringe feed him because he won't or can't feed, the vet said that he may have lost that due to his brain damage, I alway leave food out and dandilions and he has never touched it. I am going to make him a new enclosure today and he is booked in with a different vet tomorrow. Thank you...
8am we get up, i take dexta into the garden for 15 mins
8:30am i turn his lamps on and put him in the basking end of his enclosure
11am i move him halfway from his lamp to his house
4pm i move him slighty closer to his house
7pm i feed him and every other dat bath him in like warm water to just...
hi there my name is georgina, i have a 3 and a half year old hermann tortoise called dexta, he has severe braindamage due to a fall at the beginning of the year which left him unable to feed with out me syringe feeding him and can only walk short distances. he is also blind in one eye which has...