I'm sorry I didn't see there were more replies. Vet took a swab of his nose and said whatever he saw looked like it could indicate strep. Without further testing we won't know for sure, but he gave me antibiotics to be administered every 3 days for a month as well as a calcium supplement (not...
Thank you, kathy! That looks great. So you have light at one end, uvb and heat?
Can't post much, we have a vet appointment today at 2:30 (central time) the vet is 1.5 hours away any suggestions on keeping him warm for the trip? Any other suggestions to add to my shopping list while I'm out...
The people I got him from had him a maximum of two weeks and they were feeding tortoise pellets. Mazuri I believe, they said that's what the breeder had him on as well as fruits. They just had a heat lamp over him, I'm not sure if he had any uvb with the people before me. I'm assuming the...
Thank you for the reply. The bottom of his shell was not soft like this before. I'm not sure on the exact temps, I lost my temp gun thing which is why I'm just guessing. Is there another good way to measure temps or do you suggest something I might be able to buy at the pet store? I'm sure...
I need to start out by saying, I screwed up. I took on a baby redfoot before doing my research entirely. A neighbor of my sister purchased a redfoot baby at a reptile expo and then they decided after about a week that it "wasn't for them." My sister told me about it and I went to see him...