turtel.turtle
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Hello, I'm posting this thread because my baby Greek tortoise seems to be in pain. She keeps opening and closing her mouth, almost as though there's something stuck in her throat. She's writhing around her enclosure, and she doesn't seem to have much control over her body. I have her in her enclosure, on a towel I've soaked with warm water. She has her heat lamp over her head, and it doesn't seem to be getting better. I've previously posted a thread because I was concerned about her not eating well, and scratching at her enclosure walls like she wants to get out. Here is the thread, it also contains information about her enclosure:
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She has eaten some dandelion greens and spring mix today, sprinkled with some Repashy powder. Because she still hasn't been eating too well, I've recently been giving her carrot soaks. I've been giving her two soaks a day too.
She's stopped at the moment.
I want to take her to the vet, but all the vets I've contacted have told me they're closed because of the coronavirus, and only take people who have already visited them before.
Baby Greek random bursts of activity and lack of appetite
Hello, I've been seeing some concerning things in my baby Greek tortoise. I got her a little more than a month ago, and she hasn't eaten for nearly a week, and today has had multiple bursts of energy. She'd be in her hide, and suddenly run out at full speed for no apparent reason. Then she'd...
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She has eaten some dandelion greens and spring mix today, sprinkled with some Repashy powder. Because she still hasn't been eating too well, I've recently been giving her carrot soaks. I've been giving her two soaks a day too.
She's stopped at the moment.
I want to take her to the vet, but all the vets I've contacted have told me they're closed because of the coronavirus, and only take people who have already visited them before.