I am so sorry to start this conversation like this but I was never a good writer....
I just go straight into it...
I finally got sally (a sulcata tort) to the vet. She had been sneezing and phlegm came out of her nose and mouth. They gave her baytril (136mg for a 130lb tortoise).... and a vitamin A shot in the butt area.
the sneezing has long passed ; but now her back leg is swollen and she has completely stopped eating??
I have offered all different kinds of foods just to get her to eat and she refuses. She doesn’t even want an apple!! (Her favorite).
Now the inside of her mouth is all white and if she does make a poop it is a large black rock !
But she doesn’t eat or poop at all anymore??? She doesn’t even open her mouth to yawn either. She doesn’t take the baytril but I don’t think she needs it anyway. I have her at 92 degrees during the day and I soak her for like 3 hours and night she has a 80 degree spot she sleeps on and a heat mat..and a noise machine that plays crickets.... and a unicorn ? stuffed toy (just to make her feel better).
I don’t know what to do!!??? She also got xrays (doctor says they look great. But then what is causing her not to eat??? Or poop?? Not even in warm water baths for 3 hours!!?
Is the white mouth dehydration??
I soak her in water mixed with pedialite too.
Mouth rot is not a thought.. I don’t see anything wrong (if she opens her mouth) in there ..
Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated!!!!.
I feel like she might be Constapated??
And I feel like I am going to have a breakdown!!!!!....
with carona viruses ? and now this!!! All I wanted was a wee vacation from work but how can I enjoy it if my baby is so sick!!??
Sorry for the crazy all over the place story but I am at wits end!!....
Help!?
I just go straight into it...
I finally got sally (a sulcata tort) to the vet. She had been sneezing and phlegm came out of her nose and mouth. They gave her baytril (136mg for a 130lb tortoise).... and a vitamin A shot in the butt area.
the sneezing has long passed ; but now her back leg is swollen and she has completely stopped eating??
I have offered all different kinds of foods just to get her to eat and she refuses. She doesn’t even want an apple!! (Her favorite).
Now the inside of her mouth is all white and if she does make a poop it is a large black rock !
But she doesn’t eat or poop at all anymore??? She doesn’t even open her mouth to yawn either. She doesn’t take the baytril but I don’t think she needs it anyway. I have her at 92 degrees during the day and I soak her for like 3 hours and night she has a 80 degree spot she sleeps on and a heat mat..and a noise machine that plays crickets.... and a unicorn ? stuffed toy (just to make her feel better).
I don’t know what to do!!??? She also got xrays (doctor says they look great. But then what is causing her not to eat??? Or poop?? Not even in warm water baths for 3 hours!!?
Is the white mouth dehydration??
I soak her in water mixed with pedialite too.
Mouth rot is not a thought.. I don’t see anything wrong (if she opens her mouth) in there ..
Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated!!!!.
I feel like she might be Constapated??
And I feel like I am going to have a breakdown!!!!!....
with carona viruses ? and now this!!! All I wanted was a wee vacation from work but how can I enjoy it if my baby is so sick!!??
Sorry for the crazy all over the place story but I am at wits end!!....
Help!?