Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
20-06-2013, 10:10 PM
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
20-06-2013, 05:37 PM
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Replies: 4
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Loud breathing
For at least a couple of weeks now i have noticed that Jimmy has become a very loud breather, it isn't a whistling noise (like when he used to get respiratory infections), it is just loud. His...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
10-06-2013, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 978
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
10-06-2013, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 978
scratched plastron
I am a bit concerned about Jimmy's plastron, as you can see in the images the best way to describe what i see is that the shell looks a bit scratched near the seam of the shell and also along the...
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Forum: Housing
31-05-2013, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,738
Thanks everyone for the input. The water is...
Thanks everyone for the input. The water is definitely not soaking in through the soil as there is a barrier of bricks, there is a lot of condensation, in the mornings you can see it dripping from...
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Forum: Housing
31-05-2013, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,738
coldframe condensation
I have yet another question. The soil had been getting damp within the coldframe and initially i had thought it was happening from the rain soaking through the soil, so i then created a barrier dug...
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Forum: Housing
24-05-2013, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 564
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Forum: Pictures
23-05-2013, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,157
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Forum: Housing
23-05-2013, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 564
heating
I have been looking through some threads on outdoor heating. I (well my dad) is currently setting up a tubular heater in a little house to be set up to a thermostat to keep a regular temperature (a...
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Forum: Housing
23-05-2013, 11:35 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,256
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Forum: Housing
10-05-2013, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,488
outdoor heated house
I am planning on buying one of those little rabbit houses (the ones with the ramp doorway) and fitting a small tubular heater. What i am stuck on is how tall the house needs to be for it to be safe...
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Forum: Housing
10-05-2013, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,256
Thank you! So i have just liberally applied...
Thank you! So i have just liberally applied limestone flour throughout the cold frame and even outside of it as well as there were a few wondering around, hopefully this will do the trick, i will...
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Forum: Housing
06-05-2013, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,256
Thanks, i have already ordered some limestone...
Thanks, i have already ordered some limestone flour earlier to give it a go. Do i place it directly in and around the nest or throughout the soil or both? I could actually dig the soil up and put...
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Forum: Housing
06-05-2013, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,256
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Forum: Housing
05-05-2013, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,256
Ants
Hi all,
It has been a very long time since i last posted on here, been a bit of hectic year. I was after some advice on ants. They are your regular black ants. I have a large cold frame in Jimmy's...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
27-04-2012, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 4,088
This is a difficult one, talk from experience,...
This is a difficult one, talk from experience, my tort has always clicked on and off, at one point he was clicking as a symptom of lower respiratory infections and now occassionally he clicks but he...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
27-04-2012, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,053
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
21-04-2012, 01:20 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,001
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
20-04-2012, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 6,699
I don't know exactly how it works with those...
I don't know exactly how it works with those particular parasites but i do know that if it is a low number, that as long as the tort is kept in optimum conditions then the parasites will not be able...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
20-04-2012, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,001
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Forum: Pictures
20-04-2012, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 501
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
20-04-2012, 05:17 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,001
The vet did initially try him on zocal d, I was...
The vet did initially try him on zocal d, I was putting it in his water but I don't think he drinks often enough. Jimmy has been continuously growing, his shell just hasn't managed to fully harden....
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
20-04-2012, 10:28 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,001
I have absolutely no doubt with what my vet is...
I have absolutely no doubt with what my vet is doing, he is a well know leading and respected reptile vet with many years of experience and tortoises of his own, i appreciate your reply but i 100%...
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Forum: Tortoise Health and Vets
19-04-2012, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,001
Calcitonin
I just thought some people may be interested on the treatment Jimmy is about to be started on. Some of you may remember a while ago me writing about Jimmy's shell not having fully hardened (he had...
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Forum: Pictures
19-04-2012, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 4,326
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