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My male russian Norman has not been very active for a couple of months and then he pretty much stopped eating. He get's up in the morning to warm himself but that is pretty much it. I have actually only seem him eat 1/2 a dandelion leaf and a bit of carrot on seperate days in the past month, keeping in mind I work during the day during the week. He is still active in the soaking tub and for a short while after that. I weighed him a week an a half ago and he has lost weight. So we made a trip to the vet for a check up which included a stool sample and a culture an sensitivity test. The stool came back negative for parasites but the culture came back with a baterial infection. His shell looks great and so does his skin, so no problems there. The vet could not give me a satisfactory answer as to why Norman would have an infection but Thelma, who lives with him, is not sick. She is active and eating everthing she is suppose to and putting on weight like a good tortoise.
Does anyone have any thoughts or comments about why Norman would get a bacterial infection and Thelma would not?
Does anyone have any thoughts or comments about why Norman would get a bacterial infection and Thelma would not?