Pippen's Pal
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Difficult to FOLLOW if the tetracycline is not freely available. I've busting my b@lls to get the medication and can't the one supplier who we've FINALLY found will only sell through a vet. the other tetracycline I could get is for birds at 100g a tub and my boy is 17kg. The other I can get is only sold in 50kg bags for poultry farmers, I can't afford. I am doing my best to help my boy.I had Gopherus agassizii with mycoplasma who is 22 years old...his whole life I treated him just as @Yvonne G told you...Daily tetracycline powder soaks with strained carrots...every day...EVERY DAY for 17 years. He is still alive without snot bubbles or URTI. I don't think your tort is warm enuf...Putting a towel over him to protect from due is BAD...cool and wet is BAD. He needs a warm (20c) small box to sleep in with a warming bulb...29c he needs to be almost hot most of the time to get rid of the disease. It is very obvious to me, Tom and Yvonne that he is too cold for the disease to leave. 29 degrees celcius all the time...he needs to be warm to hot ALL THE TIME...here is the tortoise, happy healthy and beautifulView attachment 366238
I also used a human nasal spray to help him breathe...now he only has 1 nostril, but it works and he is living a happy not sick life...I really treated him daily for 17 years...That is exactly what you have to do...I didn't use a Vet at all, except for the diagnosis. I used my sister who is an expert in Leopard tortoises and Gopherus agassizii and other species...with her knowledge I don't need a Vet...now she and Tom and I are telling you exactly what you need to do..follow View attachment 366239our directions...this is one happy tortoise...