A couple years ago I was given a "young male" yellowfoot tortoise. After I had him a while he prolapsed. The vet had a hard time pushing all the "stuff" back inside, but was finally successful and took up a purse-string suture to hold it all inside. After a week or so, the suture was taken out. Then a while later (I don't know that actual time frame because I'm old) "he" dropped some eggs in a pile inside their house. I tried to incubate them, but they didn't make it. So now I knew what caused the prolapse.
As I was walking by the YF house this a.m. I noticed this same tortoise entering her house and her tail looked a bit big. So I brought her in the house, and sure enough, all the tissue from around the inside of the vent is swollen and outside. It's not a true prolapse of any organs, just swollen tissue.
About a week ago I picked up a YF egg from the floor of their house. So I guess she has a few more eggs to push out. Poor thing. I guess she's just not big enough to be laying eggs. She is quite a bit smaller than my other female.
I have a call in to the vet.
As I was walking by the YF house this a.m. I noticed this same tortoise entering her house and her tail looked a bit big. So I brought her in the house, and sure enough, all the tissue from around the inside of the vent is swollen and outside. It's not a true prolapse of any organs, just swollen tissue.
About a week ago I picked up a YF egg from the floor of their house. So I guess she has a few more eggs to push out. Poor thing. I guess she's just not big enough to be laying eggs. She is quite a bit smaller than my other female.
I have a call in to the vet.