Update...
She is extremely anemic and showing signs of serious infection. Blood transfusions are difficult and the only place they could do it would be to go to Cornell University which is like an hour away.
The doctor said it's time to say goodbye. As in euthanasia. Please pray for me in this...
Vet says she sees signs of infection on the inside of her. Also we failed to give her UVB in the winter when she was young. We only had a heat bulb at home. She is going to inject Regal with some vitamins and stuff. She says the previous vet was right to give the treatments they did. The vet did...
I didn't give her the laxative today.
Here is what the vet receipt says
Fluids Subcutaneous
Injection- Calcium Gluconate 23% injection
Injection- Metacam 5mg/ml Inj
Injection- Reglan inj 5 mg/ml
Ceftazidime Tazicef 400 mg/ml These are the antibiotics I am to administer every three days
Regal...
Guys I'm getting worried. I am scared I might have administered the laxative incorrectly. She is not making the "chewing" motion that I see her doing while eating or drinking. When I put the laxative in her mouth using the syringe (not the kind with a needle), she just closes her eyes and fails...
Hey y'all! An update:
Took Regal to the vet and they gave her some injections of Calcium and fluids and a couple other drugs I don't know what they are because they have fancy scientific drug names.
I have to give her an antibiotic injection every three days. Also I put laxatives in her mouth...
For now I switched back to the heat bulb without UV built in. I also have the squiggly bulb that does UV but I only have one lamp.
Can you tell me if the tube lights can burn through plastic? As I said, the metal mesh on the top has two panels lined with plastic.
As far as getting a bigger...
I attached some pictures.
The vet confirmed that Regal is indeed a female but I could give some pics just to be sure.
This vet is not particularly a Tortoise specialist, but the assistant is an enthusistic tortoise owner and she is the one who gave me the advice and the Care Sheet printout...
My Russian tortoise has stopped eating and she is dragging her back legs and I'm worried.
She is like 15 years old.
Took her to the vet. X ray and blood taken. No eggs or broken bones or kidney stones.
I have her in a 40 gallon tank with a power sun light bulb (heat and UVB and UVA all in...