Yellow Foot Tortoisehttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/12837/yellow-foot-tortoise Dear clever colleagues (especially Mark Rowland) I had a really exciting consult earlier- a lady who owns 10 chelonians brought at yellow foot tortoise in to see me this afternoon. She bought it from a chap who knew very little about it, claimed iten-USTelligent Community 10Re: Yellow Foot Tortoisehttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/72555?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:50:04 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:1d760735-82a9-431b-9974-909543128811Emily Nightingale<p>ooo yes! thank you!!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: Yellow Foot Tortoisehttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/72529?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:06:05 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:9e410c2e-dbee-4bff-8c46-c34feced3283Gillian Mostyn<p>NB.&nbsp;&nbsp; tortoise theft can be a problem - make sure you scan this guy aound his left hind leg just to check for a microchip....</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: Yellow Foot Tortoisehttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/72503?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:00:06 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:06dcbc6d-c659-4307-89da-be62c8942565Mark Rowland<p>Hello Emily This tort could be quite unwell. I would get a dv as a start to assess bone density and check for joint pathology as this tort could well have gout. Bloods are what I would be after in a case like this. Try to collect from the dorsal tail vein or the jugular. ( there&#39;s a pic of a jugular stick on this site somewhere that I put up a while ago.). The problem here is that finances may restrict what you can do which is pretty sad. What are the environmental temps and uv provision like? Do a dv rad at a medium dog abdomen setting as a start, collect a faecal and do a direct wet prep, get some bloods if poss. You may struggle to gas a guy this big down so 5-10 mg/kg Propofol Iv into the dorsal tail vein may get your sedation. Post a pic if you can and the rads when you get them. Btw if your boss will stump up, I see you are in Essex, ive got an all day reptile cpd event in theydon bois next month, see my website for details, if you don&#39;t now you will definitely know how to blood sample torts after the course! feel free to pm me if you have any other questions. Good luck</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>