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Hello all I have several desert tortoises and one of my olders has recently developed symptoms of a respiratory infection again, anyways tonight when I peeked in on him his eyes wer very red and almost swollen, he did have a short time in a new area yesterday do we think its an allergy or a sign of a serious illness? I have never seen anything like this in my 18 years of having torts, any advice or help would be great!
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I used some eye drops seemed to help immediately!
Still any info is welcome!


Hello all I have several desert tortoises and one of my olders has recently developed symptoms of a respiratory infection again, anyways tonight when I peeked in on him his eyes wer very red and almost swollen, he did have a short time in a new area yesterday do we think its an allergy or a sign of a serious illness? I have never seen anything like this in my 18 years of having torts, any advice or help would be great!
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Marisa
 

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What substrate do you have him on? Pine or other oily soft woods cause eye irritation and burning.

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