tamzsturg
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Hi everyone, so my tortoise’s appetite decreased over the last few weeks to the point where now, he doesn’t want to eat at all. We persevere, and usually manage to get him to eat a couple of his wet pellets, a small bit of broccoli, or a tiny bit of lettuce/kale, and then he gives up and burrows/goes to sleep.
Tarquin is about 14 years old, and recently after reading the care sheet on here we upped his temps, are in the process of making him a better hide, and have given him a che bulb for night time.
My question is, after Tarquin had a seemingly poorly/limping leg, we took him to the vet. The vet treated Tarquin with medications which seemed to heal his leg (although maybe it healed on its own) but slowly after that things started to not seem right. Tarquin became a little less active, not as excited as he usually is when summer arrives and he gets to roam around outdoors in the tortoise proofed garden. We took him to the vet, with suspicions that maybe he had something wrong with him as his appetite decreased. After a few appointments, and different injections and medications, one being Baytril - which I’m now researching and feeling very worried about, Tarquin has just gotten worse and worse.
The vet wants to fit a feeding tube, he insists everyone on this forum that says he shouldn’t have one is incorrect and that they have saved some of the tortoises lives that he has given them too.
Im so conflicted. It only seems logical that the medications the vet has given him were not right and have made tarquin even more lethargic, weak, and unable to eat.
Im so scared that he will die, as the vet did blood tests on him and said his kidneys could be in danger, but they are not in full blown failure (yet). He seems to think proper feeding and hydration could fix this. But i don’t even know if I can trust him anymore after my tortoise has literally gotten worse. Im so upset.
Can anyone help and give insight into what the antibiotics could have done to Tarquin? I’ll provide a full list of them asap. We are soaking him 3 times a day, 1 of those soaks is electrolyte.
Thank you
Tarquin is about 14 years old, and recently after reading the care sheet on here we upped his temps, are in the process of making him a better hide, and have given him a che bulb for night time.
My question is, after Tarquin had a seemingly poorly/limping leg, we took him to the vet. The vet treated Tarquin with medications which seemed to heal his leg (although maybe it healed on its own) but slowly after that things started to not seem right. Tarquin became a little less active, not as excited as he usually is when summer arrives and he gets to roam around outdoors in the tortoise proofed garden. We took him to the vet, with suspicions that maybe he had something wrong with him as his appetite decreased. After a few appointments, and different injections and medications, one being Baytril - which I’m now researching and feeling very worried about, Tarquin has just gotten worse and worse.
The vet wants to fit a feeding tube, he insists everyone on this forum that says he shouldn’t have one is incorrect and that they have saved some of the tortoises lives that he has given them too.
Im so conflicted. It only seems logical that the medications the vet has given him were not right and have made tarquin even more lethargic, weak, and unable to eat.
Im so scared that he will die, as the vet did blood tests on him and said his kidneys could be in danger, but they are not in full blown failure (yet). He seems to think proper feeding and hydration could fix this. But i don’t even know if I can trust him anymore after my tortoise has literally gotten worse. Im so upset.
Can anyone help and give insight into what the antibiotics could have done to Tarquin? I’ll provide a full list of them asap. We are soaking him 3 times a day, 1 of those soaks is electrolyte.
Thank you