What causes URTI?

[TheLastGreen]

I want to take one of my yearlings out in its outside habitat, but there is a cold front and I am scared it could cause a URTI. (I read somewhere cold causes it)
If so, do torts get it natuarally in their native areas when a cold front comes?

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Do you mean URI?
(Upper respiratory infection)
Would that be an upper respiratory tract infection?

 

[Tom]

I want to take one of my yearlings out in its outside habitat, but there is a cold front and I am scared it could cause a URTI. (I read somewhere cold causes it)
If so, do torts get it natuarally in their native areas when a cold front comes?

It can be caused by excessive cold for prolonged periods. Essentially, housing them at the wrong temperatures. Chronic stress can also be a factor in hampering the immune system.

They do not usually get them in the wild because they can move around as needed to avoid weather extremes in one of many ways. When they are stuck above ground and exposed to the elements in our captive enclosures is where these problems are typically seen, and more so when they are in foreign climates in other parts of the world where conditions differ greatly from the conditions in their native range.

 

[Lyn W]

Is this the tort that has already had antibiotics for RI or the other one?
If it's the one that has been sick I would be cautious and wait until you're sure he's fully recovered and your temps are warm enough.
The fact you were housing them together would have caused the stress that Tom mentioned, but now you have them in their own enclosures, they will both be happier and healthier in the future.

 

[TheLastGreen]

Oh its for the other bigger one