We have both... and we have pairs of both. And all of our tortoises LOVE each other.
Our redfoots are a pair, and they are very easygoing. And they look out for each other. There was one time that my female flipped over after trying to climb over a landscape timber, and my male went to her...
We have adopted both sulcatas and leopards, and in our experience, we feel that sulcatas are a lot more "hardy" as far as health is concerned. We have never had to administer medications to any of our sulcatas and as of now we have 8 sulcatas. We adopted a family of 3 leopards - when we...
I haven't done the Baytril in pill form. I've been spending the last month or so treating very sick leopard torts that were sold to us with pnumonia, ear infections and eye infections... we've been at the point several times where we've had to feed them with a syringe. (Under vet instructions)...
There are some reputable breeders in South Texas that recommend and use a nebulizer to administer antibiotics to their torts. I've not gotten any details as to how and what they use, but I find it very interesting. In theory, the antibiotic would go straight to the source of the infection. I...
Lets say you are prescribed to inject batril to a tort. If you decided to use a nebulizer, would you use the same injection amount, or more? How many parts of saline would you use to dilute the baytril?
Thanks!
~ Autumn
I think I might have solved the mystery. I caught him humping (for lack of a better term!) another sulcata (who is MUCH too small to have eggs yet!) I felt so bad for the little one. After he was done, she left for their hideout. I do have another girl who might be big enough for eggs and...
We mix ours with saline to ease the sting and muscle pain.
I did just talk to a guy at a reptile show that says he uses Baytril in a nebulizer and has the tortoises inhale the antibiotic (mixed with saline) - saying that it goes straight to the problem. He claims he has his reptiles better...
Good luck with nursing your little leo back to health.
We are still nursing the sick ones we received recently. If you do go to the vet, ask about Critical Care Reptile food supplement. (If he or she wants you to feed with syringe) We've been feeding our sickest tort that stuff. (Ours had...
What are typical courting behaviors of Sulcatas? My oldest one (he's 7) is pacing back and forth restlessly and follows my female very closely. (She keeps walking away). What do y'all think?
She was almost 9 inches... so not quite fully grown. It seems that today the other 3 torts have gotten a bit better. It was in the low 80s today, so they got some sunlight. The little girl and boy are definately doing better. The medium girl, like I said, passed some icky green poo last...
Well , we lost the big girl last night. Very upset about it. We are strongly considering having the body autopsied (or whatever they call it for reptiles!) The vet thinks it was pnumonia, which of course is a prolonged illness (not happening overnight). We know for sure she had worms and an...