Tortoises

[faz]

hi bluecarolina welcome to WAB this thread is 6 years old and Tortuga last activity was 3 years ag so you might be waiting a while for a respnse
best thing to do is look on line for a vet near you hope you enjoy WAB

[faz]

Originally Posted by Jim Ford

'Tortuga's' last post was over 3 years ago. I suggest you enquire elsewhere.

BTW, welcome to 'WAB'.

Jim

just piped to the post jim

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by faz

just piped to the post jim

You've got to be quick off the mark 'faz'. I guess the pace of life down there in Devon is much slower than here, within the M25!

;^)

Jim

[Boddie]

Originally Posted by bluecarolina

Tortuga
can you recommend any good vets for my tortoise in Bristol?

thanks

Here is great site that will help

Reptile Forums - HomePage

[faz]

Originally Posted by Jim Ford

You've got to be quick off the mark 'faz'. I guess the pace of life down there in Devon is much slower than here, within the M25!

;^)

Jim

[TORTUGA]

I cant believe its been 3 years since I last posted!!!!

I live in Portishead these days, the vets I use here is Vale vets, they are very good and run a Tortoise party every year (I am not making this up). One of the vets specializes in Tortoises.

Other than this and depending on where you are, I lived in Bradley Stike briefly and used Rowe, one of the senior vets at Rowe is a bit of a Tortoise expert, I had a problem with one of mine which had a severe infection making him not eat and walk in circles. He taught me how to feed him liquid baby food mixed with medicine. It was a tough thing to do daily, I had to force his head out, force him to open his mouth, then feed a tube in and down his throat until it was in his stomach, then slowly push on the syringe until it was all in, you then had to slowly withdraw the tube. It was a 2 person operation due to the strength of the Tortoise's neck. Bear in mind that my now wife and I had had only been together a short while when this happened, and I had just moved in with her bringing my 5 Tortoises with me, I had told her they were no trouble and looked after themselves. OOPPPSSS

So either one would look after you.

[faz]

Originally Posted by TORTUGA

I cant believe its been 3 years since I last posted!!!!

I live in Portishead these days, the vets I use here is Vale vets, they are very good and run a Tortoise party every year (I am not making this up). One of the vets specializes in Tortoises.

Other than this and depending on where you are, I lived in Bradley Stike briefly and used Rowe, one of the senior vets at Rowe is a bit of a Tortoise expert, I had a problem with one of mine which had a severe infection making him not eat and walk in circles. He taught me how to feed him liquid baby food mixed with medicine. It was a tough thing to do daily, I had to force his head out, force him to open his mouth, then feed a tube in and down his throat until it was in his stomach, then slowly push on the syringe until it was all in, you then had to slowly withdraw the tube. It was a 2 person operation due to the strength of the Tortoise's neck. Bear in mind that my now wife and I had had only been together a short while when this happened, and I had just moved in with her bringing my 5 Tortoises with me, I had told her they were no trouble and looked after themselves. OOPPPSSS

So either one would look after you.

welcome back to WAB

[bigdave60dog]

Originally Posted by Boddie

He can be off in one direction til I whistle him, then he stops and looks for me and comes for his grub. My friend Simon taught him

Your friend Simon must be a Tortoise whisperer then. I did not know that there are still any left.
Dave

[Billabong Karen]

Thought you tortoise fans might be interested in this:

BBC Nature - Defacing the world's rarest tortoises

I love tortoises too; we have one here at our school, his name is Victor. The kids love him, and it has been a great experience for them learning to care for him.