Recent content by snubbull

thank you :( I just hope he's having fun with all the other good torties up there

Unfortunate update woke up to Tucker totally stiff and lifeless, not even soaking him did anything; im pretty sure he's dead. I want to wait at least 24 hours before deciding, but im fairly certain he is gone.. :(

I really appreciate all the help and feedback, and it is very helpful to have so many kind people sharing their thoughts and advice. I just tried to soak him with baby carrot food and pedialyte (50/50 ped. to water, 50/50 baby food to water mixture), but that didn't seem to do anything. He just...

I mentioned it, but she said that syringe feeding him baby food could help, but that soaking may be too much for him at this point.

My only concern with the soaks is that the vet told me that Tucker should not be soaked any more for now, as it will make him softer than he already is. Should I still do it regardless?

I have yet to actually soak him with baby food; I tried to syringe feed it to him as directed by the vet to no avail. I will soak him soon and see how that goes. I'm wondering if adding pedialite would help a bit too?

I'll try soaking him soon, then. Would you recommend adding pedialite to the baby food water mixture?

I'm at such a loss as to what I should be doing.. in the meantime I'm trying to make sure he gets more sun exposure and is basking in the heat and the uvb enough, and the vet advised me to try to syringe feed him (attempted today but unsuccessful and I certainly didn't want to force and...

If you check my last (it's my only one) post, I describe his condition and a couple of other people tell me he may have the same yellow spots going around, which I'm unsure if he has as well. He initially went in for peeling skin, which started as tiny bumps; they're all gone with the exception...

Well he's still about only 3.5-4 inches, so not old, but I have had him since June, so older that 6 months for sure.

Hi, So my last post was regarding my tortoise Tucker's health, and today at his visit the veterinarian told me that he is in the late stages of metabolic bone disease. She said that it looks unlikely that he will get much better or turn around easily, but prescribed him calcium injections and...

I see, if the veterinarian recommends it, would getting blood work done be a good idea?

thank you, this has been very helpful! I'll update what the veterinarian says tomorrow :)

I'll definitely look into that, thank you so much!

Thank you, I looked on the forum, but the bumps seem to be a little too pale in color. His bumps were more his skin color, and they eventually peeled. It sounds similar to what people have been experiencing, but I'm not sure if that's exactly what it is.