The Tortoise Table

Hi Nina

Thank you for your kind words, I have sent you an email

Sam

Hi Nina Unfortunately Frankie passed away on Sunday morning. He woke up, ate some food, then I gave him a tepid bath. Then all of a sudden he pulled his head right into his shell and never came back out. His eyes were open and there was no response when I touched him. I left him until the next morni...

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He is still not moving around much but when i offer him food he does eat. Still unsure of what is going on with him right now.

Hi Nina, Yes it is Lambs lettuce from the supermarket. I don't appear to have any wild lambs lettuce round here...but i give him dandelions too and sow thistle, all from the back garden ( I don't use any pesticides etc in my garden). He is definitely perking up, he went into his hide in his enclosur...

Hi Nina

We have some progress, today he ate more than he did yesterday! I offered him some cucumber and lambs lettuce and he ate more of the lettuce than he did the cucumber. His eyes look a little better too I think

What do you think ?

Hi Nina He does open his eyes, but rubs them a lot. And the vet did comment and say they looked puffy and a bit swollen. Gotta say though it's pretty difficult getting the meds into him because he is so small....I watched a you tube video on how to do it safely and correctly. How much drops should I...

Thanks Nina, do you think i should try the eye drops ? There appears to be two types ? one with 0.3% and one with 0.5% https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=hypromellose+eye+drops&crid=26NOLU56KH9ZF&sprefix=hypromellose+eye+drops%2Caps%2C135&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_22 I think he is definitely fee...

Hi Nina

I have good news !!! He ate.....i offered him some cucumber and he ate it. I also left some Kale and dandelion on his slate so he has a nice little choice.

Drugs he gave me are Rheumocam and Baytril.

Hi Nina I took him to the vet on Saturday. Vet is unsure of what is wrong, and he's too tiny to get bloods etc. He has given me some antibiotics and anti-inflammatory to help. He did note that his eyes were puffy (he keeps rubbing his eyes) So am going to see how it goes, i am still putting him out ...

I will pop to B&Q this weekend and change his substrate. How long can he go for without eating ? and when should I call a vet if required ?

I gave him a bath this morning and a bit of poo came out, not much but a little. Not sure if it was watery because he was in water or if he has the runs ? I have pout some spring greens, hawksbeard and a bit of cucumber into his enclosure and will try to entice him to eat. Will see how it goes. What...

Hi Nina I have been using the table to identify and find weeds for him, I also have a plant identifier app on my phone. I have quite a few different weeds round my garden and area, dandelion, sow thistle , plantain etc. I am also growing him some nasturtium and lambs lettuce. Here is Frankie’s table...

Hi Nina Thank you so much for your reply. I am afraid that it sounds like the Kale is the issue. I was told to give him this until the weeds started to grow etc. he has it every day. After reading up this may be the issue. His temperature in the table is approx 30degrees over his basking area. It wa...

Hi All I have an 8 month old Horsefield which i bought in Jan 24 and which up to last week was in a tortoise table in my house. He has been pretty active and eating well in there since I got him. Last Friday and Saturday when the weather was good I put him in his outdoor enclosure. On the Sunday it ...