Very helpful and interesting....my new redfoot was having resp issues. Went to vet Monday night which was extremely helpful. Apparently she has more of a sinus infection then a resp infection. She had been kept inside in substandard conditions in an aquarium with little room to move. When I...
No, I was not allowed to take him with me once I went to rehab ctr with him. Upset me to think of him locked in a cage/aquarium being taken out to do some education show then back in lock up. They said he COULD not be released back to the wild as he would die trying to get back to his own...
Same thing happened to me....found a box tortoise wondering down the center of a black top street in the city. Had it for almost 8 months...did great! Thought I should take it to the wildlfe rehab ctr so he could be released in the woods out of harms way. To my surprise it is against the law...
Have to give her baytril in her food. She did not vomit today after she ate but she only ate a little. Appetite definitely down from 2 days ago. Have appt with reptile vet Monday night. Hope she is ok til then?? This poor animal was so neglected when I got her.....trying to make it up to her.
It was weird since her food was on the other side of the enclosure from where I found a pile of what looked like vomit....I will check on her before and right after work. Thanks for the input...
Do tortoises vomit? My red foot is on baytril by mouth once a day and after she ate I watched her for a little while but had other kids to care for and when I checked back in on her it looked like she had vomited. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
At this time I have my new girl in a secure fenced in area in my yard with shelter, sun, shade, water pan (thanks for the pottery tip, will get some tomorrow) and food. So far fed her grapes, blueberries, squash, pellets, canned turtle food, freeze dried worms. Also put a cuttlebone for her to...
Lisa again....computers and I do not get along very well. So if I do something wrong with a post, etc I will apologize in advance for my lack of computer ins and outs.
My name is Lisa and I just rescued a female red footed tortoise. Went to my local pet shop where I know the guys who work their have reptiles, turtles, tortoises themselves and I feel I can trust them. They did suggest a lot of things that I immediately did. Now I need to get to the next level...