Yes. Ours had quite a whistle for the first month and his X-rays showed very unhealthy lungs He was not standing very tall when we got him. Watery eyes also. Now he’s very active. Standing tall and really happy and such an amazing creature. I hope yours improves also. It takes a long time for them to recover according to our vet
JMO , someone knows better can correct me , my best understanding is symptomatic mycoplasma infections are often co-infections secondary to other diseases or causes .....mycoplasma can be present in "healthy" asymptomatic tortoises , it's only a problem when it's symptomatic .... my guess is they improve slowly because the ceftazidime cures the primary infection and the tortoises immune system deals with the clinical mycoplasma infection over time ........ ...... any antibiotics i've ever used started working within the first 3 doses , unless they were the wrong ones ...... long term care/antibiotics , slow recoveries , i believe are more along the lines of supportive care , helping the animals own immune response takes care of the core problem .....
Interesting. I am going to ask the vet about this. She says this length of recovery is common and isn’t worried about him. He’s gained over a pound since we got him a little over 3 months ago so he seems to be thriving. Thanks for the information
We actually have a culture planned for 3 weeks if he Hasn’t improved. We have seen a slow and steady improvement I am absolutely going to ask the vet about what you said. Thank you.
i believe mycoplasma is hard to treat because it lives on the surface of the sinuses, throat, and internal nares , i'm assuming those surfaces gets poor blood supply so it's hard to deliver an inhibitory concentration ...... it's why they do nasal flushes with enrofloxacin , to get the surface ...........
How wonderful! What type of tortoise do you have? I think we might do the x-ray, tough call because he is definitely better now, the whistle is still there just a bit.
