He couldn't make it[emoji22][emoji17]Surgery is often very successful for bladder stones, but it needs to be done by an experienced herp vet!
Those stones are caused by too much protein in the diet, and/or not enough hydration.He couldn't make it[emoji22][emoji17]
Reading your entry I was thinking about my sulcata, I feed her mainly these: She normally eats grass or hay, Chinese cabbage (which she loves), escarole lettuce, romain lettuce, pumpkin, she loves radish greens (leaves) and I was also giving her some arugula lettuce (but then I was told it has many oxalates) and once in a while chard. She also gets sometimes dandalions and other weeds when I take her to my back yard and I provide also once in a while opuntia (paddle cactus or pear cactus)... I also sprinkle twice a week calcium. I soak her every single day for at least 30 minutes under the sun.Those stones are caused by too much protein in the diet, and/or not enough hydration.
Remember your question the other day about the tubifex worms and turtle food? This is why we all said no, and why I told you to soak daily for a while.
Your other tortoises are at great risk of this problem if you've been feeding them and keeping them the same ways as this one. Start soaking them daily and re-examine what foods you are offering them. Their diet should be primarily grasses and weeds. When the wrong foods are fed, it can literally kill them.