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lisalove said:Nodder was very swollen when he was about 3 months old.
I made sure when he was outside, he had no contact with any grass or plants treated with chemicals.
I cut down soaking him to 2 times per week (only while swollen).
Removed all items, including substrate, from his enclosure.
Kept just a piece of slate under his heat lamp.
Kept a warm hide with just moss.
Changed his food and water dish the the unglazed plant saucers.
Only fed spring mix, minus spinach, that I rinsed thoroughly. Used pure calcium 3 times per week.
I wasn't sure what what causing it, so I just kept everything to the extreme minimum.
I found that it took about 6 weeks before he started to improve and I slowly added things back into his diet and substrate back to his enclosure.
He always had excellent temps, so that was never an issue. Also, his poop, pee and urates were always normal.
As LISA said:
1: only soak every 2nd day.
2: Take out all substrate
3: Have a slate or upturned tile under the heat lamp
4: Add calcium to your torts food (just a small sprinkle every other day)
5: Feed only spring mix greens
Please try these things..... or consider taking your tort to the VET. Let us know how your little one is going.
What temps do you keep him in? What is his diet/supplementation? What does his enclosure consist of?