https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/8821/a-new-one-on-me So I microchipped a tortoise today. No thats not new. Whats new is the reason Regulations? .......no Proof of ownership?........no Recovery if lost..........no It was chipped...... so it could get in and out of the cat flap!! en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/41803?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:36:41 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:a8f45c0f-e79f-4ac0-a208-064f5d0d0cf0Mark Rowland<p>i had one this year at 110 with post hibernation anorexia&nbsp;(the owner could trace it through the family). No it hadnt been hibernating for 110 years before you ask. However if it had, that might have explained its uric acid on its biochemistry. <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Happy_smiley.png" alt="Happy" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/41801?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:30:31 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:38c8a3ff-9ae2-43cb-9e98-dc1354c6470bClive Ansell<p><img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Hot_smiley.png" alt="Cool" /><img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Very happy" /></p> <p>What is the oldest tortoise people have seen? there used to be one in my first job that had 1897 etched into the shell, but I&#39;m not sure if it was genuine.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/41798?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:03:59 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:6de16f83-2c3e-42bf-8d55-eb5d60433482Alan Tevendale<p>You should come up our way Mark.&nbsp; We&#39;ve a few cats that would fit nicely.&nbsp; Already microchipped so......<img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Very happy" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/41796?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 23 Jul 2011 08:59:39 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:f97afb3e-84f9-40ef-9e11-b6ef87f47ce8Mark Rowland<p><img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Very happy" /><img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Very happy" /><img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Very happy" />&nbsp; Now that I would love to see, I cant imagine the size of the cat flap for that and wouldnt like to meet the cat it would have to be made for. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>[quote user=&quot;bob lehner&quot;]That&#39;s OK then - I thought it might have been one of those giant tortoises from the Galapagos....... </p> <p style="CLEAR:both;">&nbsp;</p> <p>[/quote]</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/41793?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 23 Jul 2011 08:03:51 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:7a8aff67-cfb8-4933-a2b8-81b945b32706bob lehner<p>That&#39;s OK then - I thought it might have been one of those giant tortoises from the Galapagos.......</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/41788?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:58:15 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:150617c3-c56f-4de9-892e-7345031ab583Mark Rowland<p>Not really, a cats chip is between the shoulder blades not its nose so the flap must have a range of at least the head to the scapulae, The tortoise isnt THAT big</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/41782?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:02:37 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:93f2f894-2aff-4957-ba96-223edeb82e43bob lehner<p>I believe the conventional site for chipping a tortoise is in the hind leg. This would mean that they will need to train it to approach and then go through the cat flap backwards. Bit of a challenge for your average tortoise ?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/41781?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:58:26 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:ffff5d3d-fdbf-47f1-ba8f-fb076565d5a8Vet2Vet<p>Love it !</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/41755?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:54:33 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:4c3a44d9-5f72-42d5-9819-b76ec77a3ec0Anthony Todd<p>[quote user=&quot;Mark Rowland&quot;]It was chipped...... so it could get in and out of the cat flap![/quote]</p> <p>A youtube certainty!!!!!!!!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/41745?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:43:23 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:c1a57ba6-41fd-4fc2-98a0-c4b68b0ce459Alan Tevendale<p>Brilliant.&nbsp; I&#39;d love to see that.&nbsp; Does it have a step ladder?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>