mamameg
Active Member
Hi All-
My baby redfoot has taken a sudden turn for the worst. I received her likely unhealthy (she was very inactive and a bit of a picky eater) and have struggled with her since mid April now. I took her to the vet about a month ago when concerned about her inactivity and was told she was fine. My family and I went on vacation for a few weeks and the person watching her did not spray her habitat well and she developed two small shell rot spots on her underside which I have already started to treat. Two days ago she seemed to stop eating. That quickly turned in to her not being active AT ALL. Since returning home from vacation I realized she has not gone the bathroom in her morning soak and when asked the sitter they said that she never went the bathroom in her soak. SO...My wonderful husband rushed her to the vet for me today while I was at work. They could tell something is wrong, but do not know what so are treating her for everything. One of the treatments is an antibiotic shot we have to give her in her legs every morning for 14 days. Does anyone have any experience with this? I also have some vitamins to soak her in. Any ideas on what to feed her to jumpstart her eating? Should I put her outside at all? I have also increased her T5 to a 10.0 from a 5.0, although she does spend sometime outside while the weather is nice her. I have increased her heat to 85 degrees and her humidity is at 80%. At a loss and really afraid of losing my baby. Thanks in advance, Meg
My baby redfoot has taken a sudden turn for the worst. I received her likely unhealthy (she was very inactive and a bit of a picky eater) and have struggled with her since mid April now. I took her to the vet about a month ago when concerned about her inactivity and was told she was fine. My family and I went on vacation for a few weeks and the person watching her did not spray her habitat well and she developed two small shell rot spots on her underside which I have already started to treat. Two days ago she seemed to stop eating. That quickly turned in to her not being active AT ALL. Since returning home from vacation I realized she has not gone the bathroom in her morning soak and when asked the sitter they said that she never went the bathroom in her soak. SO...My wonderful husband rushed her to the vet for me today while I was at work. They could tell something is wrong, but do not know what so are treating her for everything. One of the treatments is an antibiotic shot we have to give her in her legs every morning for 14 days. Does anyone have any experience with this? I also have some vitamins to soak her in. Any ideas on what to feed her to jumpstart her eating? Should I put her outside at all? I have also increased her T5 to a 10.0 from a 5.0, although she does spend sometime outside while the weather is nice her. I have increased her heat to 85 degrees and her humidity is at 80%. At a loss and really afraid of losing my baby. Thanks in advance, Meg