I wasn't aware about tortoise spays until my late torty became ill. Due to our ignorance we always assumed she was a he; so 'Herbert'. She lived 38years of her life with us as a male. Poor thing. Due to us being unaware (ignorant in a word) ; by the time we discovered she was female; she had never laid eggs in her life-time; thus the vet after multiple x-rays, blood tests determined the problem was most likely based on this. Herbie put up a brave fight, I wish we'd done alot of thing different; but I grew up with her; so I never questioned her upbringing (I'm 20). She lived a happy and long life, I just wish her last months were more comfortable for her.
They cut open the shell and 'glue' it back together afaik.
I never realised male torties were 'moany' and humped things until I discovered some threads on RU..if I'd have known it would have been obvious Herbie was no way male. :evil:
I want to do all I can for Tinks. I adore her so much.
wow - well the thing is until you meet people who have the same pets as you & see how they do things differenlty - we dont tend to question things....people can be abit stupid like this I think!:roll: Also we dont question our parents as we presume they know what they are doing...when they are often learning too.....well - bless Herbert - she did live a long life...and you cant turn back time...and she was well loved...all you can do is do alot of research of pros & cons for variousl things for Tinks.....she is very sweet!
