Forum: Other Animals
13-07-2009, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,268
Try to run a warm bath and let him exercise in...
Try to run a warm bath and let him exercise in there. Most if not all iggy love swimming and it's good for their legs. It's like a therapy if you know what I mean. Mine have bath every other day and...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
25-06-2009, 10:41 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 586
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
22-08-2008, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 598
I take all mine to Chine House Vet Hospital,...
I take all mine to Chine House Vet Hospital, Loughborough. That is the nearest and the vet is Craig Hunt studied Tortoise medicine, pretty good. Takes about 40 - 45 mins by car from Nottinghamshire /...
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
30-07-2008, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,523
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Forum: Non Med Species - Information & Questions
29-07-2008, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,523
One lucky red footed
All my torts 17 of them has been out in the garden since the weather gets warmer. No problems there as they sure have enjoyed being in the fresh air and bigger enclosure.
But as we have such a...
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Forum: Identification/Sexing.
01-07-2008, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,363
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Forum: Identification/Sexing.
01-07-2008, 08:24 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,363
What are they please?
Well I took a few pics of the tortoises that are kept in the livefeed farm that I got all my locusts / crickets and other livefeed. Sorry the pictures are not very good as I took them with my mobile...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
02-05-2008, 01:23 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,551
Just a little update:
Frankie is doing...
Just a little update:
Frankie is doing extremely well and back to his old self, i.e. a little sweet tort I have known. He has been eaten very well although was pretty stubborn and went into his...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
21-04-2008, 07:39 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,429
I have given antibiotic direct into my tort's...
I have given antibiotic direct into my tort's mouth in the past. Not very nice. But if you stand the tort up with his back legs only, you can open his mouth using your fingers to make his mouth open...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
20-04-2008, 09:10 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,551
Okay, I have done it. :lol: I used the...
Okay, I have done it. :lol: I used the "drowning" method again. :oops: That's the only way I can get Frankie out. Can't believe he changed into such a stubborn tortotise after the operation. I...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
20-04-2008, 07:25 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,551
Went to a bug show today, and I only just got...
Went to a bug show today, and I only just got home. Am going to try to give Frankie the injection in about an hour. Hannah has called me and told me how to inject Frankie if all things fail. She has...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
19-04-2008, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,551
Thank you.
I worked out how to get him out...
Thank you.
I worked out how to get him out now. It sounds pretty cruel but that is the only method I could get him out of his shell. I did try the tilting method, but nothing, he is just so...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
19-04-2008, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,551
I see my Hermens and Red Footies have their...
I see my Hermens and Red Footies have their friends and they do everything together, and I do feel sorry for Frankie as he is on his own. But he looks happy (well before the operation) and then I...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
19-04-2008, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,551
I think it's patience I need to have right now....
I think it's patience I need to have right now. For some reasons, he seems doesn't want to know me anymore, hence I am worrying about his medication. May be it's what I put him through or he is still...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
19-04-2008, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,551
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
19-04-2008, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,551
Thanks Hannah, appreciated that.
I will be...
Thanks Hannah, appreciated that.
I will be going to the Kettering show tomorrow, just for a few hours but whenever you are free, I would like to have your advise. I will PM you with my mobile #.
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
19-04-2008, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,551
Do I just leave his basking lights on at night...
Do I just leave his basking lights on at night (he is in the reptile room and it's pretty warm because of other reptiles' basking lights, so at night he has nothing on before the operation), or I...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
19-04-2008, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,551
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
19-04-2008, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,551
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
19-04-2008, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,551
Thanks. I have not picked him up since I failed...
Thanks. I have not picked him up since I failed everything this morning. But I did go to his table and check if he's okay. He stick his head out now but I doubt he will let me do anything if I pick...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
19-04-2008, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,551
I have to inject him inside the leg, as the vet...
I have to inject him inside the leg, as the vet told me we can't inject the outside part of the legs. I only have to apply the cream onto his inside leg (his growth was inside the leg, so that means...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
19-04-2008, 10:41 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,551
Can anyone suggest me what to do please?
What have I done to my poor boy?
My leopard tort Frankie has been doing very well until recently. Found a growth on his left leg about 2 - 3 weeks ago. Have waited for my herp vet to come back...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
19-11-2007, 08:29 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,816
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
19-11-2007, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,816
Re: Tube Feeding
Tube feeding is not always the worst thing. If it's not the tube feeding, one of my red footed would not be here today. He was pretty dehydrated and was not eating for a week before the feeding tube...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
20-06-2007, 10:39 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 18,656
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