SpeedyHermans
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- May 22, 2014
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Hi everyone, I just joined up here as I have a question about my approx 14 year old female Hermans tortoise (THB). We've had her for a few years and she came to us as a rescue from not ideal conditions. She laid her first egg last year and needed help from the vets as she was egg bound. This year she had the same problem but after some oxytocin she quickly popped out two (broken) eggs- this was nearly two weeks ago now. Since then however, she is still digging with her back legs. We took her back to the vets for another X-ray yesterday but there were no eggs visible so he said she probably just still had some hormones in her system and to monitor it. I just wanted to make sure that this is the right thing to do and that there couldn't be something else going on. I am worried she could have an infection or is she maybe going to lay more eggs soon they just haven't shown up on the X-ray yet? She is eating well and is her normal self apart from maybe being a bit more active and I am giving her a lukewarm bath every other day. She is the only tortoise we have and she lives indoors in a converted sandpit and goes outdoors when the weather is nice.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!