This Months Case

rodneyvet · 03-01-2013, 10:25 PM

This months case at Trinity Vets is a good tortoise case:
http://www.trinityvetcentre.co.uk/Tr...nths_Case.html

Hope you enjoy it!, Happy New Year.

Catwoman63 · 03-01-2013, 10:32 PM

Wow poor little guy, thank you for sharing x

Lisamn · 03-01-2013, 10:35 PM

Aw, bless. What would cause a bladder stone so large in such a small tort? It looked like an adult with an egg in the xray to me, but then my eyes are entirely untrained!

TillyTortoise · 03-01-2013, 10:51 PM

Very interesting, thanks for sharing! One of my Indian Stars is only 84g and he is tiny.

**egyptiandan64** · 03-01-2013, 10:58 PM

It would be a combination of dehydration and a diet high in oxalic acid. The oxaclic acid combines with calcium forming small stones. These can get stuck in the bladder if the tortoise is poorly hydrated (the tortoise would hold onto any water it had in the bladder and the stones would stay there. The stone/stones would be added to over time, sometimes they are passed as just small enough to be passed or held onto and have to have surgery to remove like this Star tortoise.

Danny

Wormcount Dotcom · 04-01-2013, 01:00 PM

Good heavens that is awful! My 17 hh horse had sabulous bladder stones that weren't much bigger than that! Fantastic result for you guys.

Lisamn · 04-01-2013, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by egyptiandan64

It would be a combination of dehydration and a diet high in oxalic acid. The oxaclic acid combines with calcium forming small stones. These can get stuck in the bladder if the tortoise is poorly hydrated (the tortoise would hold onto any water it had in the bladder and the stones would stay there. The stone/stones would be added to over time, sometimes they are passed as just small enough to be passed or held onto and have to have surgery to remove like this Star tortoise.

Danny

Goodness! Hard to believe a stone would have long enough to get so big in such a small tort, poor thing.

Easter Bunny · 04-01-2013, 06:47 PM

Glad the tort is now doing well x

03-01-2013, 10:25 PM	#1
rodneyvet Member Incubating Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 117	This Months Case This months case at Trinity Vets is a good tortoise case: http://www.trinityvetcentre.co.uk/Tr...nths_Case.html Hope you enjoy it!, Happy New Year.

03-01-2013, 10:32 PM	#2
Catwoman63 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South East England Posts: 6,739	Wow poor little guy, thank you for sharing x __________________ BEV XXX 0.3.0 - T Horsfieldii (Xena, Zelda & Lilly) 2.2.0 - TG Terrestris (Zeus, Astreus / Zagreus & Alexia) 1.2.0 - Zebra Finches (Gunner / Bonnie & May) 0.1.0 - SBT (Hazel) 1.0.0 - FBD (Ted)

03-01-2013, 10:51 PM	#4
TillyTortoise Senior Member Adult Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales Posts: 2,327	Very interesting, thanks for sharing! One of my Indian Stars is only 84g and he is tiny. __________________ Ross

03-01-2013, 10:58 PM	#5
egyptiandan64 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: USA Posts: 14,171	It would be a combination of dehydration and a diet high in oxalic acid. The oxaclic acid combines with calcium forming small stones. These can get stuck in the bladder if the tortoise is poorly hydrated (the tortoise would hold onto any water it had in the bladder and the stones would stay there. The stone/stones would be added to over time, sometimes they are passed as just small enough to be passed or held onto and have to have surgery to remove like this Star tortoise. Danny __________________

04-01-2013, 06:47 PM	#8
Easter Bunny Senior Member Adult Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Kent Posts: 5,337	Glad the tort is now doing well x __________________ Lynne x

03-01-2013, 10:35 PM	#3
Lisamn Member Hatchling Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 530	Aw, bless. What would cause a bladder stone so large in such a small tort? It looked like an adult with an egg in the xray to me, but then my eyes are entirely untrained!

04-01-2013, 01:00 PM	#6
Wormcount Dotcom Junior Member Egg Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 23	Good heavens that is awful! My 17 hh horse had sabulous bladder stones that weren't much bigger than that! Fantastic result for you guys.

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