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Old 09-11-2005, 02:30 PM   #1
Plunt
hermans tort. health problem

my hermans is about a year and 1/4 old, eats great and appears healthy, it doesnt like to be picked up for more then a minute or so and it would let me know this by urintating after about 30secondss or so of holding it. so i try to minimize handling it as much as possible. but as of recently (a few weeks or so) when i pick it up, it appears to invert its intestine (or so it would appear) now it doesnt appear like the tort. is in any pain (as far as i can tell) but it's still concerning to me none the less. this 'inverted intestine' comes out about 1/2 - 3/4 of and inch, and will retract when i place it on its feet again. it looks like a purplish redish slimy 'tube' and today after i put it on its feet about 10-15min later i heard it make kind of a gurgling sound and noticed it had inverted again, and retracted back in shortly after. does anyone have any idea what could be the cause of this, and any possible solution. it is currently on a daily diet of tortoise pellets sprnkled with a bit of calcium supplements and every few days i give it some fresh greens (romain lettuce, dandylion...)
 
Old 09-11-2005, 02:33 PM   #2
Plunt
also if it would be helpfull i can try to get a picture of this, but i only want to do that if it will be of any help, as i feel bad picking it up if its not needed.

and also i should add that it doesnt always do this when i pick it up, but most of the time it does.
 

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