frankdsulcata
New Member
Hello All! I have a male sulcata, age unknown, I adopted him back in August of October of 2022. He was given to the rescue by a woman who found him walking on a beach the year prior. Anyways, he's 18lbs and very constipated. He's not eaten or pooped in a month, I took him to the vet two weeks ago, they did an xray and swabbed his face and found that he had a bacterial infection and was super constipated, literally full of poop. The only thing my vet said was "get him to poop", that was it. They sent me home with a food for him that they called Critical Care, just looks like ground up hay tbh. They said the put it on his food to get him to eat or to mash it up and force him to eat it, right. So he's still not eating, I picked up his medication for his bacterial infection last week, it's a shot every 3 days. So far he's sounding better(his hiss was gargled before, now it's sounding normal), however he still isn't pooping or eating. I soak him every other day, I put mineral oil up his butt and i've even shot some water up there. I've driven done bumpy roads, walked him in a stroller down bumpy roads, bounced him on my knee like a baby, sat him on the wash machine to shake him up(vet said to do it). I feel like i've tried everything possible to get him to poop and nothing. Before i took him to the vet i was suspecting dehydration, he hates soaking and i never see him drink, when he was soaking one day he took a huge gulp, first ime i ever saw him drink, he released A LOT of clumpy urates, however he hasnt done that since. Tonight he released a little bit of watery poop after his bath, i held his tail out and bounced him hoping it would help, this is the only poop i've seen from him in a month, so i'm happy about the little bitty progress i had this evening but im looking for more options of there is any. I also gave him a carrot soak a few weeks ago, i can't get him to eat anything so force feeding is kind of out of the question. Any advie is welcome but please be nice, i'm a first time tort owner and i'm still learning. Thanks!