I wonder if anyone can help me…..
My Horsfield tortoise is like my baby, I absolutely adore him and will do anything I can to keep him healthy!
His substrate is Coco Coir, mixed with orchid Bark.
His temperatures at 32 - 35 and I am on top of his calcium and vitamins with Nutrobal and his diet (which I am trying to improve and have ordered him an indoor plant collection from a reputable tortoise site.)
However, my house is the coldest house (UK) It feels likes there is a permanently a draft, so I’ve recently made my own den around his table to try and keep the heat in.
3.5 weeks ago he was suspected to have a respiratory infection and was given 28 days of oral Baytril (1ml a day) and 28 days of oral Karidox (2ml for 28days), with his last doses due on Tuesday.
The last 4/5 days he has started sneezing again and today I have seen quite a few bubbles from his nose throughout the duration of the day. He’s sleeping all day, very lethargic and only nibbles a few leaves from his food.
I am literally at whitsend and desperate as there must be something I’m not doing right.
Does anyone have any suggestions at all?
I have raised his temperatures today in the hope to keep his infection at bay.
How can he possibly be sneezing still whilst still on Baytril?!! ? After reading the comments, I really want to avoid injections If I can but it’s looking like my only hope.
My Horsfield tortoise is like my baby, I absolutely adore him and will do anything I can to keep him healthy!
His substrate is Coco Coir, mixed with orchid Bark.
His temperatures at 32 - 35 and I am on top of his calcium and vitamins with Nutrobal and his diet (which I am trying to improve and have ordered him an indoor plant collection from a reputable tortoise site.)
However, my house is the coldest house (UK) It feels likes there is a permanently a draft, so I’ve recently made my own den around his table to try and keep the heat in.
3.5 weeks ago he was suspected to have a respiratory infection and was given 28 days of oral Baytril (1ml a day) and 28 days of oral Karidox (2ml for 28days), with his last doses due on Tuesday.
The last 4/5 days he has started sneezing again and today I have seen quite a few bubbles from his nose throughout the duration of the day. He’s sleeping all day, very lethargic and only nibbles a few leaves from his food.
I am literally at whitsend and desperate as there must be something I’m not doing right.
Does anyone have any suggestions at all?
I have raised his temperatures today in the hope to keep his infection at bay.
How can he possibly be sneezing still whilst still on Baytril?!! ? After reading the comments, I really want to avoid injections If I can but it’s looking like my only hope.