I am so so sorry to hear of your loss, i am sure she had a great life and that it was nothing that you did, you gave her the best life she could have ever had!
I agree that it is far better to be overly cautious than well 'underly' cautious, if all seems fine then i am sure that he is but it never hurts to have him checked and may help you sleep better at night if you are anything like me. I am lucky that i have a great vet and i know if anything...
I suppose it probably depends what the undercover hide is made of, as to whether the uv rays can penetrate it but the reason he is running undercover is probably as it will just take him time to get used to those new surroundings, has he got plenty of hiding places in his outdoor enclosure, may...
Thanks everyone for the comments and i am so glad to that we have had some good weather, Jimmy has been loving it although i am not used to dealing with this hot weather, not that i am complaining!
If the clicking is just when he eats then it is perfectly normal but if it is regularly when he breathes then i would definitely get it checked out, mine has just had a big battle with a respiratory infection, he is absolutely fine now so do not panic and it may not even be that but as your tort...
So the uk has finally had some good weather, well south wales has anyway so i thought i would get Jimmy out for some sunshine, for those of you that may have read the posts about him being ill at the beginning of the year he is now doing great, totally back to normal and eating like a little...
Just thought i would add one thing, have you had a stool sample checked, when i first tort my he had quite a soft plastron and it turned out he had worms which stops them getting the full amount of nutrients from the food, i am not saying that this is what it is, it just may be something to...
So Jimmy had another check up on wednesday, the test results were back and i am pretty sure that he said it was pseudomonas bacteria that is causing the infection which he said was a very common bacteria causing respiratory infections in tortoises, the marbocyl Jimmy is on does work on this...
I haven't actually read the article but just by the comments i think i have basically worked out what it is about, absolutely sick, i can't have a read because i think i will actually cry!