Hello,
our 5 year old tortoise seems to have runny nose syndrome since we see bubbles coming out of his nose. We have purchase him from a pet shop 3 weeks ago and when we took him to the vet two days ago (that is when we realised he was sick) he told us that he is underweight, dehydrated and has rhinitis and tracheitis and so he is on antibiotics now (I am waiting for the vet to open to call and ask what antibiotics he gave us).
We have him house in a large box with Exo Terra wood chips, a bark of a tree to hide in, a shallow container with water, a shallow container for food and an infra-red heat lamp now 24/7 on.
After night and days of reading up the internet we have the following questions:
1. We know we should get a UVB light and we are on it, did this have a detrimental effect on his health?
2. He is sleeping all day and night. Is this normal? Heat lamp is on 24/7
3. He is a bit unresponsive after the antibiotics injection each day at 5 PM. By unresponsive I mean he sleeps deeper. Is this normal?
4. He doesn't eat at all even though yesterday he took 3 bites out of a cucumber. Can we do anything about it?
5. He seems to drink water when we bathe him twice a day. Is this a good sign or is it expected of him?
6. Can we put any supplements in his bath so as to help recovery? Vitamins? Electrolytes?
7. We have noticed that when the vet gave him the injection and held him head down, there was clear liquid coming out of his nose. Even though this is stressful for the tortoise, will this help him if we do it everyday? Meaning will the removal of this liquid aid in his recovery?
Any suggestions are more than welcome!
Thanks
our 5 year old tortoise seems to have runny nose syndrome since we see bubbles coming out of his nose. We have purchase him from a pet shop 3 weeks ago and when we took him to the vet two days ago (that is when we realised he was sick) he told us that he is underweight, dehydrated and has rhinitis and tracheitis and so he is on antibiotics now (I am waiting for the vet to open to call and ask what antibiotics he gave us).
We have him house in a large box with Exo Terra wood chips, a bark of a tree to hide in, a shallow container with water, a shallow container for food and an infra-red heat lamp now 24/7 on.
After night and days of reading up the internet we have the following questions:
1. We know we should get a UVB light and we are on it, did this have a detrimental effect on his health?
2. He is sleeping all day and night. Is this normal? Heat lamp is on 24/7
3. He is a bit unresponsive after the antibiotics injection each day at 5 PM. By unresponsive I mean he sleeps deeper. Is this normal?
4. He doesn't eat at all even though yesterday he took 3 bites out of a cucumber. Can we do anything about it?
5. He seems to drink water when we bathe him twice a day. Is this a good sign or is it expected of him?
6. Can we put any supplements in his bath so as to help recovery? Vitamins? Electrolytes?
7. We have noticed that when the vet gave him the injection and held him head down, there was clear liquid coming out of his nose. Even though this is stressful for the tortoise, will this help him if we do it everyday? Meaning will the removal of this liquid aid in his recovery?
Any suggestions are more than welcome!
Thanks