Tell your Mom, I LOVE how much she helps out with TipToe! TipToe is surrounded by love. (All of us included) Have a wonderful weekend with TipToe. Oh, and, we love YOU too! Thank you for sharing TipToe with the World, he is a cool boy!
I am so happy the little, ummm...big, guy is better. He just needs his mom's, and grandparent's, love and he gets a lot of love and tender care. TipToe could not have a better family!❤
I'm glad you touched on that exotic animals like Tiptoe would require specialists and this is why you should not give pets as gifts,especially exotic ones and to have pet insurance. But,we can see Tiptoe is loved and cared for and he just wants to be around his family.
I love the yawn he gave as exiting his hutch. Glad to see he is getting better. Fortunately he is is loving hands that can afford such a vet bill, too many pet owners can't. Looks like he will make it another 100 years.
It's okay. It's always best to be careful and carry your pet by the vet if you see they are not in normal condition. His health and happiness is the most important. 😄
A healthy appetite when he returned speaks volumes about how he felt! Sounds like an excellent spreadsheet will be in the works to document all his needs,
I am very glad your gorgeous tortoise is feeling better. It is always better to be safe than sorry especially when dealing with a reptile that is not native to your area. Tiptoe is designed to function in a hot climate. It is not really possible to account for all the potential issues this might cause so being a little over careful is the best plan. He is such a magnificent tortoise! You are very lucky to have him!
Sometimes, IV fluids are the best for helping an animal recover from diarrhea. I'm sure he's so glad he has such an amazing mommy! And his loooong yawn at the beginning is so adorable! ❤
Your not being foolish at all, Tippy is ur baby and u have every right to take him to the doctors...he's a blessing to us all that get to see and enjoy he's videos...❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Glad he is doing better! Pet Health scares are the worst. I know how resilient tortoises can be about hiding problems too, so you were not out of line to be getting him to your exotic vet. You take great care of him. I THOUGHT his beak looked better! Tell him he looks very handsome with his new smile.
Yes! A Tiptoe plushie! I have a whole "family" of turtle plushies and would like to add him to it. I live in a small apartment so I could never have a big tortoise living with me. So envious of your set up. Keep up the good work.
I rescued a box turtle many years ago and it has created in me a total phobia where my skin crawls. I still have to care for this little and he gets only the best, However the rituals I have to go through after dealing with tank the turtle is horrible hours and it leaves me a wreck, exhausted. Tip toe is helping me try my own form of exposure therapy by just watching him minus the showers and rituals. Thanks tippy toe.
The cleaning can be quite... interesting... We are going to do another deep clean soon and I will post all about it. This stomach bug has left everything well... you can imagine
Tiptoe is your boy, it's great you are stepping up with care! You've always been on top of his well being, but a little extra won't hurt! He looks great! Best mama ever!❤❤🐢👍
Good idea to track data on diet and activity... Smart. I should do the same. We've used a pool filter too, and it's a game changer!! Soooo very happy that he's feeling better!! 🥰 What a relief! 💞😊
4 hours of straight eating... sounds like me when I was a teen... glad to hear he's got his appetite back, always a good sign of feeling better. I love the way you take care of Tiptoe... most kids would have lost interest in a slow moving tortoise a long time ago... it's fun watching you with him and your relationship with each other. And it always make me smile watching your videos... you are beautiful and Tiptoe is handsome... what a pair. 🥰
So happy and relieved that Tiptoe is feeling better!! He couldn't be in better hands and is adored by ALL of us!! Would absolutely LOVE a TIPTOE PLUSHY!!!!!! 😘🐢❤
Did the vet say anything about _daily_ soaking? I've always understood that too much soaking is not good for desert tortoises. In zoo captive management tortoises were not soaked daily, but only 1 or 2 days of the week, for 15-30 minutes. Each did have access 24/7 to fresh drinking water in a water dish. And much of their diet was healthy greens like romaine, red leaf lettuce, and chard. With vegetables like yam, carrot, broccoli, beets and fruits like apples and banana. Treats of other fruits and vegetables as available. A specific blend of calcium powder and reptile vitamins was dusted lightly onto their salads. Some were taken out to graze on occasion, on pesticide free fertilizer free lawn. Most were given clean dry alfalfa hay that doubled as bedding and food. I'm trying to recall, Im not remembering, if salad days were daily or every other day. I was taught that too much hydration can be harmful and overwork tortoise kidneys. In hot weather, we offered free choice access to water sprinkler areas and mud wallows.
I am SO glad that Tiptoe is feeling better. Yeah, taking care of our critters can be quite pricey, but that’s what Care Credit is for, LOL. I love Tiptoe’s pond, and I wish I had that setup for my sully. Fortunately, he’s still small enough that he fits in the laundry room sink, but by this time in September, he’ll be too big. You and your mom take such good care of Tiptoe. Thank you for sharing his day-to-day with us. It always makes me smile. 🐢💕
I'm glad your better tiptoe. I think this year a lot of us are depressed. Where I am we don't see the sun much at all. Sometimes for three weeks, all we get is damp, cloudy and rainy days. ☹
Our pets are part of the family and healthcare is important and it’s is not cheap. But they are worth it. I love tiptoe and he looks much happier and peppier. Thank you for being the best tortoise mom.
It’s so hard with tortoises, things can go wrong seemingly quickly because they are good at not showing illness until they are very sick. Like cats. Tortoises are the cats of the reptile world. Glad everything is ok with TT, you’re a great animal caregiving role model!
Glad Tip-Toe is doing a little better and it won't something major wrong. I know her scared you, grandma, granddaddy and all of us. Still sending prayers for all yal. Parents are the best yours are too.
I would 100% love a TIptoe Plushy!! I'm glad he is back home! I have a little red eared slider and it's so stressful when he isn't feeling well as it's so hard to figure out what's wrong!
Tiptoe you you mean the world to me kaelyn you are beautiful and gorgeous and how you take care of tiptoe your mom helps out a lot I like that idea and everything else I'm glad tiptoes okay I have guinea pigs and I and I know the beds are expensive with them too but I'm glad he's okay and I love you both
I so relieved TipToe is OK! I was surprised at how scared and worried I was about him. His health never been anything but perfect before so hearing he wasn't feeding good really concerned! I love how he seeks you out to be near you. I cannot imagine what it feels like to be loved by a Sulcatta tortoise. ❤
Glad Tiptoe is feeling better ❤❤❤ You are a good Mom Caitlin. I am still emotional over my Cookie's death. She hung on to me before she passed 😢 I will never forget Cookie and her enormous LOVE and kindness. Pitbulls are good dogs handled by responsible people. Cookie was a rescue from a dog fighting ring in Phoenix. My baby showed me how terrible Human beings can be 😢. Have a good life with Tiptoe and Gracie too. Joan 😢
