upper respiratory tract infection

Hello, I'm just in a low spot at the moment with how the economy is and in-between jobs. I came across this beautiful baby tortoise and his neck is swollen and nose is runny. I've called every vet around me and only one place can take him, and it's hundreds of dollars. I don't want him to die...

Hi all, My name is Kristy. I’m a student at ASU doing some research on tortoise upper respiratory infections and I’m looking for tortoise owners who could be able to help me with this study. I have a Sulcata of my own who suffers from a URI, so I made this brief research survey to help me find...

Hello, I have two 4 month old Sulcata tortoises. Recently one of the them started making squeaking noises. I took it to the vet and they said that the baby has respiratory click and swollen right nostril and also dealing with active bacterial infection. We have been giving Fortaz(3 injectable...

Hello, My hatchling redfoot went to the vet. They gave him subcutaneous fluids, ceftazidime, and a gentamicin eye drop. They said he may just be a hatchling that fails to thrive but I wanted to give him a chance. I soak him a few times a day in warm water. Sometimes I had Mazuri diet, carrots...

Yesterday when I was out, my internal electricity was cute but not the AC, my tortois wasn't in a room with an AC but the apartment get cold so fast. I was out for 4 hours, so I don't know when this happened, but when I arrived my tortois was cold. I placed her near a heating source but not...