Truck Eye update

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Anandita
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Truck Eye update

Post by Anandita » 22 Aug 2023, 14:30

Hello,

Good news, Truck has opened his eye.

I took him to a wonderful Exotic vet last week who was very thorough and prescribed him some probiotics for his food and reptosol baths everyday for 7 days, also did an eye swab and sent his poo away for analysis.

Within 2 days of treatment his eye started to open 😊 Although it was a 3 hour round trip for us I will definitely continue to use them.

Thanks again for all your help

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Nina
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Re: Truck Eye update

Post by Nina » 22 Aug 2023, 14:46

That is brilliant news, and thanks for letting us know! You must be so relieved -- and Truck must be too. Did the vet say whether the eye was closed because it was irritated from a particle of something that got into it, or whether it was an infection? Is this vet one that we have listed on our website? If not then I'd be really grateful if you could email me the details so that we can add it -- nina@thetortoisetable.org.uk

Nina

Anandita
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Re: Truck Eye update

Post by Anandita » 22 Aug 2023, 15:36

It's Suffolk Exotic vets, they're on your website 😊

The vet suspected it wasn't anything to do with his actual eye more with what was going on internally, maybe deficient a vitamin or mineral or upset of the gut something or other lol 😬

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