A few weeks ago I posted about my Herman tortoise having a swollen back leg and not eating..went to the vet got antibiotics and went to are the re check up..the dr was schocked on how well she was doing and how fast she healed so we got to the good.
Now two weeks later she’s back to not eating...
They gave one injection antibiotic at the vet then sent me home with oral antibiotics for 1 drop every 12 hours for a week...yes seems like she’s improving a lot!back to roaming the cage and eating.
I have she had been taking these nutrition diet pellets
Also if she does have the start of gangrene would you recommend a fungi cream I can put on it or would u just wait..I have a re check up appointment on Tuesday..sorry so many questions :( trying to help this poor girl out and feel so bad!
thank you! Do you know of anything else I can do to help her??
The vet was not very helpful...the vet said the cut is infected and looks like the start of gangrene...to do pedialtye soaks and the antibiotics.
Would it be ok to keep her off her soil so the cut doesn’t get more infected? And...
I thought it was a hair wrapped around too! The dr said he didn’t see anything and he thinks maybe it go stuck between a food dish and the wall and lost circulation..and now infected.
And no vitamin A shot but the last two days I’ve been doing baby food carrot soaks because she wouldn’t eat at...
It’s kinda hard to see pin pictures...the white stuff is neosporing on the cut also.. but it’s her second day on antibiotics and she’s back to eat a lot!!!! And roaming around her cage :)
I am so glad I found this forum! My baby hermen tortoise is going threw the same thing...has a cut on back right leg that’s infected and they say if it gets worse they will have to amputate...shes on antibiotics rite now,so I’m praying they work.
What is some stuff you tried while she had the...
Hello I’m knew here with a one year old Herman tortoise..we went tot he vet yesterday because of a swollen back leg...find out that it is a open cut and might have the start of gangrene...don’t even no how this happened we’re assuming her leg got stuck between a water dish and the wall and lost...
I have had my turtle for about 3 months now and she’s 8 months...and since the day I got her she’s been amazing and eats a ton and bathrooms regular and goes around her house a lot and climbed on everything but lately she seems less active and burrows her self a lot more and eats less then she...