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I have to give my tort antibiotics orally. I'm finding very difficult to get the syringe in her mouth and I feel I'm stressing her out alot. Can I just put the antibiotics on a bit of carrot and give it to her?
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It's a russian tort 3years. Brought her to the vet because she was showing symptoms of a respiatory infection. She had stopped eating, sometimes her breathing was noisy, she'd stretch her neck out and her eyes would swell up, and alot of sneezing and yawning. The vet confirmed it was a respiatory infection and gave it an injection of antibiotics. For the next 4 days now I have to be giving it antibiotics orally. The antibiotic is called baytrill. Her basking spot is above 90F and the rest of the enclosure doesn't go below 80F. For the substrate I'm using coco coir. I'm going to be replacing it with orchid bark soon. Her diet right now is mainly kale, romaine lettuce, spring mixes(without spinach) pellets, and carrots the odd time. Its the best I can do for now until fresh weeds start growing outside again.Why are you giving them too her, for what?
Also what are the symptoms she is having that made you bring her to a vet to begin with?
Also what is the set up she lives in? Enclosure, substrate, temps, humidity, diet, etc.
Also what species and how old?
I have got her to eat the carrot with antibiotics on it. After injections, she acts very weird. She just sits there and does not move at all and barely responds to anything. This lasts a while aswell. I would honestly rather give the baytrill orally cause i feel it's less stress for her than injection.giving meds orally to a turtle or tortoise is usually a tough , stressful , and an inaccurate way to do so ........ tell your vet your problem , he can load syringes for you and show you how and where to give the injections .......if it's injectable baytril your trying to get him to take orally , i doubt he'll eat anything you put it on ..... if it's baytril tablets , i wouldn't know how that could be done , although they are made to taste good , at least to a dog ...... is he any better after the injection ?
Tortoises don't get sick for no reason, and vets seldom even consider or dress this. You have to discover and correct the CAUSE of the sickness if you want to clear up the symptoms of the sickness.I have to give my tort antibiotics orally. I'm finding very difficult to get the syringe in her mouth and I feel I'm stressing her out alot. Can I just put the antibiotics on a bit of carrot and give it to her?
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i can assure you otty , your tortoise doubtfully died from his treatment ..... he almost surely died from disease ...... eye infections in turtles and tortoises are seldom not secondary problems ......I wish I knew the risk of it, I would have refused it.
Inject it in a strawberryI have to give my tort antibiotics orally. I'm finding very difficult to get the syringe in her mouth and I feel I'm stressing her out alot. Can I just put the antibiotics on a bit of carrot and give it to her?
Thanks
Hi, Mark1 thanks for the information.enrofloxaxcin
If you are able switch over to injectable ceftazidime, the tortoise will not have the reaction you are describing, plus injection is a much more accurate way to give many medications to a tortoise..I have got her to eat the carrot with antibiotics on it. After injections, she acts very weird. She just sits there and does not move at all and barely responds to anything. This lasts a while aswell. I would honestly rather give the baytrill orally cause i feel it's less stress for her than injection.
Same with mine, after the injection she could barely walk. The first time I had to give her antibiotics orally she tried to eat the syringe so it was pretty easy then. But now everything she sees a syringe she tries to get away from it. Now I just put it on some carrot and mix it in with some other foods and she seems to eat it.Hi, when I had to give Tabby antibiotics I mashed up some cucumber mixed in with small slice of banana, added the antibiotics and then wrapped it in romaine lettuce, like a tube and fed her. She ate most of it. She would then walk off and find a spot to sleep and wouldn't eat anything else for a couple of hours.
The vet gave her an antibiotic injection without my consent and she couldn't walk properly that afternoon, kept dragging her back legs. I refused to take her back for a second injection and told them I only wanted oral antibiotics.
I hope she gets better soon.