Thought I’d post an update in case any newbies like me find this info helpful now or in the future. I should mention that I took my notes hurriedly, so if there are any errors in the info below it’s likely my fault.
I had the vet’s office send me all of my Hermann’s records and discovered that...
It’s interesting, I’m looking at the testing lab that was mentioned in Dr. Boyer’s article and the tests themselves aren’t expensive.
https://labs.vetmed.ufl.edu/wordpress/files/2018/07/Shipping-Collection-and-Submission-information-for-Mycoplasma.pdf...
Thank you everyone so much for all of the good advice! I will increase the temps in his enclosure today and will side mount the RHP when it arrives. :)
And thank you for the articles by Dr. Boyer. I’m still working my way through the first one, but the various tests that he describes in the...
Hi all! I have a question about mycoplasma, night time heat and adoption. I have been fostering a male Hermann’s tortoise who was diagnosed with mycoplasma by a vet soon after I got him. He got a round of antibiotic shots and the vet said he was doing well in a follow up appointment. However, I...
@maggie3fan , oh man, 85 degrees and not needing air conditioning sounds amazing! Wish we lived in Oregon! ?
Thanks @Ink ! Here’s a photo of my box turtle. She is such a sweetie. ?
Thanks so much, @gsxs750 , @Yvonne G , @maggie3fan , and @Gillian M !
@maggie3fan - LOL, I hope your summers in Oregon are nicer than Fresno summers! :)
Hello all! ? I’m new to posting but have been reading the forum for a while (and learning a lot!). I live in the Central Valley in CA and have been taking care of a box turtle and a Hermann’s tortoise for about a year. (When I met them they were housed together in a mail tote, no heat lamps, no...