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How to inspect your tortoise's health Tortoise Forum
WebIf you have a larger tortoise that is too heavy to carry, try to inspect it when it is still; not walking. Here is what you need inspect: Eyes: Your tortoise's eyes should be fully open, alert, and bright, when it is awake and active. If your tortoise is weak, and it cannot open it's eyes or if it could barely open it's eyes during the day
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New Hermann's owner, a few worried questions about health
WebHave a read of the care sheet as heat, light, humidity, substrate, diet, hydration and soaks are all important fir health and smooth shell. I recommend keeping a weekly or monthly weight log and weight on digital scales you will see growth and also monitor no growth quickly and be able to act. Apr 9, 2021. #12.
How Can I Tell If A Tortoise Is Healthy And Doing Well
WebThis will also frequently be passed in the bath. Tortoises tend to release water and therefore uric acid and urates when additional water is available. So in the bath it is normal to see your tortoise "pee" and with it, some white, pasty, urates. Also, with diet, this could sometimes have a slight green or yellow tint.
Signs of a healthy Tortoise
Web1.) The first thing is activity level - A healthy tortoise is active and curious. 2.) The tortoise should be able to walk well with no signs of leg weakness or leg dragging as these could indicate underlying MBD issues. 3.) The eyes should be clear, bright, and wide open with no discharge or swelling. 4.)
Shell Problems for Tortoise Keepers Tortoise Forum
WebSignals: NSHP shows up in tortoises as a softened, leathery, or rubbery shell*, but by the time the shell shows obvious problems, there may be problems in the bones. Things like deformed jaws, weak and/or deformed limbs, splayed walking/dragging, paralysis, and cloacal prolapses are signs something is wrong.
What is a healthy color of urine and fecal matter
WebThe white you are seeing is called urate. Your tort pees this as well as urine. Urate is how your tort gets rid of excess proteins and is completely normal. Urate should be a jelly like liquid. If it is gritty then your tort is dehydrated. Urine should be a clear liquid, but it can be coloured by what your tort is eating.
Pink, fleshy organ coming out of tortoise's backside, please help
WebMessages. 3. There's a pink fleshy organ that seems to come out of my tortoise's backside when it wees or poos. The tortoise seems completely unperturbed and it retracts back in when it's not going to the toilet. I've attached a photo, the best I could manage to take. I've had a quick Google and not found anything so I'm really worried, …
Question about healthy urates
Web292. Urates are just a solid form of urine, not reused water etc. If there is a lot of clear liquid, much like when we pee, that does mean the tortoise is quite well hydrated. The white or yellow urates are from uric acid, and are the waste products from your tortoise's kidneys filtering the blood. Crystals are bad for tortoises just like
Is Coconut fiber substrate harmful to Tortoise health
WebIt's not ideal for your tortoise and it can cause a mess. Coconut coir tends to air out very quickly, especially around the basking area. Daily mists, along with soaking the entire enclosure every two weeks or so helps to keep it from getting dusty. A small top layer of cypress mulch helps hold in extra moisture as well.
Applying oils on shells and body Tortoise Forum
WebHow often? Never. A layer of oil, creams or other coatings may inhibit the absorption of UVB for a tortoise. As well as dirt and debris being able to readily cling to the shell, particularly the areas within the scute seams, this can promote bacteria and fungal growth. This can lead to health problems for a tortoise.
Respiratory Infection Tortoise Forum
WebMessages. Over the past few days, my 2 year old box turtle has been exhibiting symptoms of respiratory infection. There has been a clear liquid coming out of his nose and his eyes are somewhat puffy and are shut most of the time (they open when I pick him up or soak him). He has also been pretty lethargic although he eats normally (I am …
Essential Oils Tortoise Forum
WebLocation (City and/or State) Clovis, CA. I keep baby tortoises in the house. I also use the fixtures that have a light bulb in the bottom and a dish for wax above the light. The wax melts and sends a wonderful aroma throughout the house. It hasn't caused my babies any trouble. Dec 8, 2014.
Russian Tortoise Peeling Scute Edges / Shell Health
WebIt’s usually in the 40s in the main and between 50 and 60% in the hide. I also check surface temps a temp gun to make sure each area is in the right range. We try to keep her basking plate (a flipped over terracotta saucer) at 90 – 100 F surface temp. She does frequent the plate, when not digging, napping or grazing.
How to treat respitory infection Tortoise Forum
WebMa. You can try raising your ambient temps to low 90’s during the day and no lower than 85-87 at night for a couple weeks until it clears up. After that you will need to make some changes to prevent it from happening again. Get urself an infrared laser thermometer to check temps all over ur enclosure. Good luck.
A major problem with my tortoise (pink colored organ came out))
Web39. Hello . I live in india and own a one year old female star tortoise. One day I was feeding it salad leaves (as a treat).And it wanted to urinate. It had trouble excreting and then from its tail a pink color organ came out! I was very worried about it. Before it hadn't removed any organ or some thing. I instantly researched on it and they
My tortoise is sleeping all day Should I be concerned
WebPreventing dehydration and weight loss. In periods of inactivity (except for proper hibernation) it is essential to soak your tortoise daily for at least 30 minutes in warm water. Get the temperature right and your tort will wallow and enjoy the warmth. Link this to the natural activity cycle of your tortoise.
Panacur Tortoise Forum
WebUnlikely to be able to jump from a reptile to a mammal. Pinworms are common in humans and other primates, but these are a different species of pinworm than those that infect a tortoise or other reptile. 2. You'll need to replace the substrate ever week or two for a month or two during treatment.
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