tortoise
'Hospital'
Dr Emily is here to help your tortoise recover from illness or injury.
Our tortoise 'hospital' ward is perfect for the long slow recovery process - most stays are 3 weeks, some take 6 months
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Indoor & outdoor enclosures
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Supportive feeding
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Oesophagostomy tube placement & feeding
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Blood tests & ultrasound
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Microchipping & beak care
Thriving not just Surviving
DIAGNOSTICS - discovering what's wrong
If your tortoise is off its food, lethargic, passing diarrhoea or aggitated, we would recommend blood tests & diagnostic imaging (X-ray or ultrasound). Your usual vet can run these tests before coming to the hospital or we can run them here:
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Haematology bloods: £28, a red and white cell analysis detects anaemia, infections & inflammation
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Biochemistry Bloods: £85 this checks the function of the liver, kidneys and checks Calcium / Phosphorus balance
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Ultrasound: £45 examines the internal organs including heart, lungs, liver & reproduction tracts
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Faeces analysis: £8.50 poo microscopy for worms and parasites
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Full health screen: £125 all of the above
We'll need your Tort for 3 days,
no charge for the stay whilst awaiting results
HOSPITALISATION - the recovery process
Discovering the diagnosis is often the easy bit, the slow recovery process can require too much intensive care at home and take too long for a 'normal' vets.
We provide hospitalisation which is recovery, not time, dependent. You can relax knowing your Tort is being cared for & will come home only when ready.
The fee is all-inclusive & will not change :
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Post-Hibernation:£65 supportive feeding & any mouth infections (stomatitis) treated until they are eating & happy again, average stay is 3 weeks
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Wound recovery, eg dog bites & lawn-mowers: £180 dressing changes, pain management, antibiotics & supportive feeding, average stay is 6 weeks
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Metabolic disease, eg MBD, liver, kidney diseases: £180 supportive feeding, appropriate medication, average stay is 12 weeks
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Egg-Binding: £85 course of oxytocin, supportive feeding, ultrasound to confirm passed all eggs , average stay 1 week
We don't perform surgical procedures - these are done at a normal vets, eg Montgomery Veterinary Centre in Ashford (www.montgomeryvets.co.uk)
HEALTH CARE - keeping them safe & healthy
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Microchipping: £28, perfect for that moment you just can't see them in the garden! Legally required if you wanted to sell or breed a Tort. The tiny chip is placed in the left hind leg, and your details held on a national database.
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Health Check, Beaks & Nails: £45.00, in a day-trip (or overnight stay) we will health check, weigh & measure your tort - including any beak & nail trimming required.
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Extra Torts: £10.00 each, bring your herd for an extra £10 per Tort for their health check & worming
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No problem to leave them with us overnight if that suits you better
