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Originally Posted by t.doyle
Well well well.... Timmy is back home and on the home straight to full health! The vet's said we had a very typical chicken or egg scenario (more like chicken or egg or egg or egg!!). It turns out that he was very dehydrated, had a small infection in the gut, slight neumonia and some hard-to-shift compaction! It's hard to know what the initial problem was as all of these illnesses can lead on to each other. Ashton concluded that he was vomiting his food as the gut was blocked and there was nowhere for the food to go! And the compaction was probably there because he was dehydrated...
All infection is now clear, signs of neumonia have vanished and the blood results show he is fully hydrated again. The only thing still ongoing is to remove the compacted 'stuff' from inside him. He did not poop in his entire 8 days at the vets... His opening at his tail is very swollen and a bit red (the vets said he has obviously been trying to push out this mess, but to keep an eye on it). However, He pooed on the way home WUHEY!!
A stop at the supermarket to grab a large clear plastic tray and plenty of 'naughty' food, Timmy is now separated from Tilly ( his beloved) so that we can monitor his eating/pooping habits. They can still see each other though. This is nice to see as they sit next to each other, either side of the container.
We've now removed all substrate (Pro rep tortoise life) to avoid any further possibilities of compaction. We have been asked by Ashton to bath twice a day with reptoboost and weigh him everyday. Ashton wants us to call on Friday with an update as she expects him to lose some weight ( as he's no longer being force-fed).
So all in the poor little guy has been through a lot!
Blood sample
Stomach wash, with bacteriology lab tests
Anaesthesia (they didn't want to, but he was so stubborn)
Initial x-ray
Barium indicator fluids
Second x-ray
Anti biotics
Second blood sample
Urea/Uric acid lab test
Appetite booster
Fortum (?)
8 days in the finest tortoise hotel...
One of the best £695's we've spent!
Wouldn't be without him and it's so nice to have him home.
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If he was dehydrated, the the blockage is probably the bladder stone, which is not good. Unless the vet can remove it:0)