i have the pellets for tortoises what you soak in water and then their mixed with their food , i do this twice a week however , my tortoises will only eat the pellets and won't touch the salad. I know eating pellets for a full diet is very bad for a tortoise , so anyone know a way to get them...
she came from a pet shop. there wasnt any info on weather or not she had been wormed. was eatting loads to start with then stopped.. so i wormed her. and still nothing.. jst this yellow poo.. looks more like egg ocky yellow. sorry no photos as yet will have to wait till her next bath.
I'm worried about my 1 year old Horsefield , She never eats and always sleeps. Also when we give her a bath she poos out some gooey yellow stuff, like mucus , i have no idea what it is but i'm certain it isn't healthy . We have fresh food , water available with calcium suppliment 4 times a week...
I went to the vets today , i can't remember what she diagnosed them with, even she was looking at a tortoise book. She gave me Baytril 2.5% oral solution which i have to put 0.1ml in a syringe and open y tortoises mouths and give them it . I'm also using dry cotton buds to wipe away discharge...
Just another addition , my eldest tortoise has puffy eyes and they look kind of half closed and he shuts them a lot although he rarely sneezes and doesn't have a bubbly nose. could he have something , could he have infected my new tortoise :\ , i can feel a very large vet bill coming my way but...
I'm called Jessica and i live in the Highlands of Scotland :) . Well i'm not sure , i'm just going off the symptoms of my new little tortoise . He is sneezing and also when he sneezes he has a bubbly nose and during the time this happens when i put my ear to his shell his breathing his breathing...
I live in the UK and think my tortoise has Pneumonia or a URI , roughly does anyone know the total costs of the vet bills? , any answers would really help as he is at the vets tomorrow morning.