Happy_Tortoise
Member
Hello,
My 9 month old greek tortoise is having a respiratory infection.
She has all the symptoms. Swollen eyes, gasping and weeding, she had bubbles on her nose but I only saw it once.
She eats less and sleeps most of the time.
Vet in Korea are not specialized in tortoise my boyfriend will keep searching the closest reptile vet but for now the only one is at least 1h20 away and have to take 3 buses to go there (and open 10:30am to 6pm)
Reptile shop advised us to use a nebulizer.
So I started using this with sterile saline solution (I used it only 2 times at the moment)
The lack of energy and gasping and swollen eyes think started a few days ago (maybe about 4 days)
Bubbles on nose I only saw it yesterday.
I dont have a heater so for now I am keeping the basking light on all the time to have a warm temperature. The room temperature is around 29 degrees Celsius.
My questions are :
1- what can be the causes of getting the disease so I can prevent it next time. (I also lately used a reptile fog humidifier about once a day. But I stopped since she is sick. I mostly used it if the humidity was below 50) but it seems she didn't like the fog.
2- What else can I do to make her feel better. I read about hot bath and increased temperature.
Thank you
My 9 month old greek tortoise is having a respiratory infection.
She has all the symptoms. Swollen eyes, gasping and weeding, she had bubbles on her nose but I only saw it once.
She eats less and sleeps most of the time.
Vet in Korea are not specialized in tortoise my boyfriend will keep searching the closest reptile vet but for now the only one is at least 1h20 away and have to take 3 buses to go there (and open 10:30am to 6pm)
Reptile shop advised us to use a nebulizer.
So I started using this with sterile saline solution (I used it only 2 times at the moment)
The lack of energy and gasping and swollen eyes think started a few days ago (maybe about 4 days)
Bubbles on nose I only saw it yesterday.
I dont have a heater so for now I am keeping the basking light on all the time to have a warm temperature. The room temperature is around 29 degrees Celsius.
My questions are :
1- what can be the causes of getting the disease so I can prevent it next time. (I also lately used a reptile fog humidifier about once a day. But I stopped since she is sick. I mostly used it if the humidity was below 50) but it seems she didn't like the fog.
2- What else can I do to make her feel better. I read about hot bath and increased temperature.
Thank you