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| Tortoise wormer Posted: 09/03/2014 by midorigoi.1 |
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Hi Can anyone recommend a good tortoise worming medicine that I can give to several varieties of torts ? Thanks Carl | |
| Re: Tortoise wormer Posted: 11/03/2014 by Tom |
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Hello, Have you found evidence of worms in faecal samples ? Which "varieties" (species) do you have & what are their ages. How do you keep them ? & are different species kept separately ? Regards, Tom | |
| Re: Tortoise wormer Posted: 03/06/2014 by midorigoi.1 |
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Hi Tom I've got 2 leopards 2 Herman's 1 horsfield And 1 Iberia whitei The leopards are together and the horsfield and 1 Herman are on there own but the whitei and a Herman's are together as they have been for 50 years I can't see any signs of worms but the vet said they should be done every year and he charged £14 each ! Thanks Carl | |
| Re: Tortoise wormer Posted: 28/01/2015 by tortilla |
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Hi can anyone help ...my horsefield tortoise has small cotton like worms in her poo she is 3 years and we got her in October last year ....she's been dewormed by vet just over a week ago and I'm told to return in 3 weeks ...but she still has live small white cotton like live worms is this normal? She seems to sleep a bit more but still eating ...thanks | |