constipation

[chrissie40]

My tort was wormed by the vet a week ago. He's not pooed properly since .I am giving him extra long soaks every day.he's only doing tiny hard bits. Offered him aloe but he won't eat it. Any ideas??

 

[Yvonne G]

Because this is a special case, you can offer wet things like watermelon, etc. If he's still eating you can put some mineral oil on a lettuce leaf and roll it up into a taquito and fold up the end then hand feed it to him.

Never give mineral oil by mouth by itself. Because the tortoise can't feel it you run the risk of having him inhale it into his lungs. Always give it with food.

 

[chrissie40]

Thank you.I will try the melon but he's a bit fussy at the moment. What sort of mineral oil??

 

[Yvonne G]

I think in the UK you call it liquid paraffin.

 

[chrissie40]

OK thank you

 

[tinkerbell1189]

I'm in the uk, when my tortoise was sick he was subscribed some,thing called repto boost, u can buy it in shops too. It's a powder u mix in with the water when u soak them, with electrolytes and vitamins in.

It really perked tink up, and got him going to the toilet again too (he hadn't been in ages)

 

[WillTort2]

For this purpose, I would slice up some cucumbers and some yellow squash and offer these to your tort. Adding the mineral oil is also good as suggested.

 

[WillTort2]

For this purpose, I would slice up some cucumbers and some yellow squash and offer these to your tort. Adding the mineral oil is also good as suggested.

 

[chrissie40]

Thanks for that. Have ordered some repto boost. And will try melons.he won't eat cucumber. Seems to be moving a bit today. Thank you all

 

[Leanne_1232006]

Sorry to jump on your post I saw the boost was mentioned, I was told by my shop to give it to my hermann twice a week and the calcium the other five days??
Does anyone know if that right
Thank you

 

[tinkerbell1189]

Those were the directions I was given by my vet. But tinks was quite poorly, so maybe that's why I was instructed to give it more.

 

[Tom]

I wUOTE="Leanne_1232006, post: 897404, member: 38271"]Sorry to jump on your post I saw the boost was mentioned, I was told by my shop to give it to my hermann twice a week and the calcium the other five days??
Does anyone know if that right
Thank you[/QUOTE]

I would not use that many supplements that often. I tiny pinch of calcium a couple of times a week should be all that is needed with a good diet. Too much calcium too often interferes with the absorption of other necessary minerals and trace elements. It can actually cause a mineral deficiency.

Pet shops generally give horrible advice even though they might mean well. Often it is because the book they read is now outdated.

 

[Leanne_1232006]

Thank you Tom I did think it was a little odd so I will carry on with what I was doing.
Thank you again

 

[tinkerbell1189]

This wasn't a permanent thing, only for short period. Prescribed by vet alongside a course of anti biotics. It's not calcium it's electrolytes

 

[ascott]

In your initial post here you posted two pics..in one of the pics the substrate you appeared to have was a bed of little granule stones....are you still using that material...also in the pic it shows that the food was laid directly on that material....ingestion of that material while eating can create a bad situation.....I would offer long (no less than 30 minutes) warm water soaks at least once a day to assure that the tort is hydrated enough to help move items on out of him.