Hi all I’m new to this site and looking for some help and advice!!
So we have a tortoise well actually he’s my mums! and he’s approximately 50-60 years old! He’s hibernated every winter, however about 3 years ago when he woke he had mouth rot, which has sadly been a reaccuring problem since he’d never had these problems before!!
This year as the weather went cooler he started with it on the roof of his mouth! He was taken to the vets and was given antibiotics, he was bathed everyday in a salt solution as advised by the vet and bought inside! However the rot has cleaned from the roof of his mouth but has started at the sides :-( he won’t eat but is fairly active and worried that he’ll be losing weight. Once the rot has cleared from the sides of his mouth do we try and hibernate him?
If anyone has any advice that would be fantastic!! Don’t know why it keeps coming back? Vet said about worming him? And why in the last 3 years has this happened when he’s been fine and healthy for so many years!! Apologies for the long post!
TIA Fay x
So we have a tortoise well actually he’s my mums! and he’s approximately 50-60 years old! He’s hibernated every winter, however about 3 years ago when he woke he had mouth rot, which has sadly been a reaccuring problem since he’d never had these problems before!!
This year as the weather went cooler he started with it on the roof of his mouth! He was taken to the vets and was given antibiotics, he was bathed everyday in a salt solution as advised by the vet and bought inside! However the rot has cleaned from the roof of his mouth but has started at the sides :-( he won’t eat but is fairly active and worried that he’ll be losing weight. Once the rot has cleared from the sides of his mouth do we try and hibernate him?
If anyone has any advice that would be fantastic!! Don’t know why it keeps coming back? Vet said about worming him? And why in the last 3 years has this happened when he’s been fine and healthy for so many years!! Apologies for the long post!
TIA Fay x