kidney

The Vet called me today. He has seen Archie yesterday (we didn't pay the check-in), I couldn't go as I am myself not well lately, he mentioned that in his opinion, all we have done it is all that we can do at this stage, and there should have been improvement already. It is not the case...

Meet Splodge, We rescued her at 4 months old. A year later we found out she has an incurable kidney disease which cause her kidneys to inflame and cause her unbearable pain, luckily this has only happened to her twice since we rescued her and she has been put on a special vet prescribed diet and...

Hi, we have a 30+ year old tortoise, (I don't know what species she is). Lately she's had problems getting her head out from her shell. She is fighting and fighting trying to get out, getting more and more panicked until it finally pops out. When we got her, she had already been mistreated for...

good morning all. I’ve had my little Russian box tortoise Torti for 17 years. She’s never had any health problems, and under my care has access to UVB light, a Spring mix diet, regular soaking, supplements, and access to roaming a desert backyard. Yesterday morning, she was in good health but in...

I have a couple of Indian star tortoises I acquired that I am concerned have bad kidneys. I read in the book titled Star Tortoises that dandelion have good benefits to help the kidneys in some way or another. Has this theory been tested at all? When I was reading this the chapter also...