Transporting sulcata to vet.

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I have a rescue sulfate who has a prolapse (it won't stay in when I 'assist'). We are taking him to the vet as soon as possible (in two hours) he's kind of freaking out right now, and I'm not sure what the best way to transport him is. He's only 11 inches, but should I use a box, a pillow case? What? Last time he just chilled out in a tub, but he is not happy and I don't want him to step on his boy stuff...


Edit: my phone fails... I mean sulcata, not sulfate...

 

[pssh]

Anybody? I'm leaving soon! Where the heck are all the sulcata keepers when you need them?

 

[carol5208]

So, is your tortoise ok? I was looking at a sulcata in the pet store last week. Actually they had 2 and you could either buy both at a discount or one. I had a bells hingeback tortoise for 7 years and I had him in my backyard and he disappeared.This was about 3 years ago. Come to find he had dug under my fence, went into my neighbors yard and was killed by their pit bull. They knew about it and never told me, and I finally found out like 4 months later. I searched for him forever and put out "lost" flyers and everything and here he was dead all along and they knew it. Never spoke to those low lifes again.

 

[pssh]

His Weewee is apparently a little diseased now from the episode, but he's on antibiotics for infection, and he got a purse suture to keep it from popping back out. . He's a little fighter. He used to live in a tiny 30 gallon tank (despite the fact that he couldn't even walk more than 10 inches!) He now lives in a 20x10 courtyard with fresh organic grasses, unlimited grass hays, and lots of sunshine. his carapace is still a little soft, but it's hardening back up with extra calcium supplements.

 

[carol5208]

I am so glad that you are giving him a better life. I was not too happy with the way the Sulcata's were housed in the pet store but the owner assured me they are taken outside for sun and more room or so he says. Do they dig alot? That was the only thing I was thinking about was my yard getting dug to pieces! I could give one of them a much better life also, but am not sure I want to take on the responsibility. I am a lifer with my pets, til death due us part and It would probably outlive me!!!

 

[pssh]

Well, my guy has not done any digging what so ever, but he's still recovering from the calcium deficiency. I imagine it would be hard to dig with soft bones... He likes to plow through grass/hay piles though

I would still install underground 'walls,' just in case, around the border of your backyard. My guy is still a little shy around me, but I can totally understand why. He does have awesome moments when he walks over to me, or follows me around, or takes hibiscus flowers to him. . He loves petunias too. I planted a whole flat in his enclosure and it was gone in an hour! I stopped planting them and just gave him flats of organic petunias.

 

[nightcrawler]

http://harpo.braveblog.com/archive.php

For all your sulcata enjoyment.

 

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How the heck do I administer Baytril to a shy sulcata? I've been sitting here for a half an hour trying to get medicine in his mouth, but it takes forever for him to come out of his shell and he hides as soon as he sees my hand...

Edit: I tried putting it in a hibiscus flower, but he spit it out as soon as he tasted the baytril...

 

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The darned tortoise did it again! He keeps letting his man-bits hang out as much as he possibly can, as if he is trying to thwart my efforts to put it back in! (I had no idea they were that long until today...) Reptile weewees are gross.

 

[Lancecham]

How the heck do I administer Baytril to a shy sulcata? I've been sitting here for a half an hour trying to get medicine in his mouth, but it takes forever for him to come out of his shell and he hides as soon as he sees my hand...

Edit: I tried putting it in a hibiscus flower, but he spit it out as soon as he tasted the baytril...

Have you figured out how to administer the baytril?
I had to administer baytril to a 80 pound sulcata and there is no way you are going to get it to cooperate to put some drops in his mouth. I used baytril injections to administer the medication. Much, much easier.

 

[pssh]

I ended up injecting it in one of those pellets (the name escapes me right now.) Worked like a charm.

He seems to be more accepting of me this spring, so I could probably sneak it in while he's eating. He's only 6 lbs, so he's a bit easier to work with than an 80 lb giant!