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He is doing great thank you for asking. I'm not sure if this medication is really needed, I'm just going to use it as a extra precaution. I think the vet just want to make sure she does not close up the crack without marking 100% sure there could not be anything brewing up in there so I guess...

Has any one ever used tricide-neo my vet prescribed this to my tortoise that has a broken shell that was infected just finished round of antibiotics. She wants me to discontinue the batanine soaks and start on the tricide-neo. She Does not have much tortoise experience so we are both learning...

Thank you Cowboy_ken I did get a metal cone and am using it along with the CHE. I appreciate all the help and the friendly people on this forum. I have been reading tons and I have came to realize that actually temperature is important, so a digital thermostat is going to be my next purchase...

Posted picture up, isn't he a handsome stud...

I put a two liter soda so you can get an idea of his size also put up a picture of his crack on the shell that the Vet called surgical incision size I think. I ordered an fenced play pen so I hope to get it in by Wednesday.

It the temp on my home thermostat and I measured it and is 5ft off the ground. I did put the ceramic heat emitter on him today but can't seem to find how far it should be from him so it won't burn him and close enough so he can get the best use from it.

Thank you, yes he is doing so much better. I have been socializing with him a bit getting down to eye level and softly petting his front feet and I think he like me know. The vet was able to get most of the maggots by flushing them out with a syringe I am soaking and flushing his cracked shell...

Yes he is seeing a vet is on antibiotics and I have a light that emits some heat but it's a bit high. The heat pad is never going under him, sound crazy but he liked being covered so I put it over the blanket and I keep his face uncovered. So it sounds like I might be doing what I have to for...

Hello again, Asking for help regarding Mikey a new 40 lb sulcata tortoise that I just became a new owner to. Never owning a tortoise before I had a lot of homework to do and was ready for him to be outdoors full time. Because life never turns out the way it's supposed to, Before he came to me...

Thank you so much for telling me not to allow him to drink the water with betadine I was wondering and the vet was all over the place she did not tell me I guess this was A bit to much for her, when I picked him up 3 hours later she had only done 1/2 of what the treatment plan was and did not...

I am at the vet appointment and she still insists that Baytril is the way to go. I asked her about other a alternative in medication and she said that is all she carries. They are going to do a Xray still waiting for results and the maggots are unable to be removed she said without surgical...

Thank you and I will, if he makes it I will still need lots of help and advice on how to best care for him. Even with all the information I have read I have lots of questions.

I am going to keep him inside, and my plans are to take him as soon as my vet opens. Now my concern is that she might not now how to treat him and that his dies, I don't want him to die I have only had him going on 3 weeks but I love all animals and I can't imagine what he must be going through...

No she is not on this list and I am even more concerned now that I soaked him and pulled out about 30 maggots from the crack if his shell they were coming out as it was being submerged In water. I don't want to spend all sorts of money on a vet that is not going to be able to help him. I am need...