After I came back from holiday 2 weeks ago, my Russian tortoise became legarthic and hasn't eaten for a week. I took her to the vet yesterday. The vet couldn't see worms or parasite in her poo, and has no specific idea what her problem is. She send some sample to the lab to do a better research what the problem is. In the mean time the vet gave her some anti biotic through needle, and he told me to give her daily a dose.
I got home and gave my tort a soak. After 30 min hiding in her shell she came out and looked really alive! I got her out and placed her on my bed to dry. She would run around, and I gave her a piece of banana as a treat. She chomped it away. I placed her back in her enclosure, and she would walk around a bit before going to sleep. Everything seems fine and the anti biotic seems to work.
Today in the afternoon I gave her a 30 min soak before giving her the medicine. It was quite scary to give her the medicine via the needle, but I did it. After the anti biotic I gave her a new soak. She was looking relax. But 30 min later, I show her neck stretching far out, and opening her mouth as far as she could. She then puked out big chuncks of her banana and dandelions of yesterday, and puked like 4x (see pic)!
I paniced, and the only thing I can do is her give lots of soaks to calm her down!
My vet is closed during weekends, and theres no place where I can go for help!
I got home and gave my tort a soak. After 30 min hiding in her shell she came out and looked really alive! I got her out and placed her on my bed to dry. She would run around, and I gave her a piece of banana as a treat. She chomped it away. I placed her back in her enclosure, and she would walk around a bit before going to sleep. Everything seems fine and the anti biotic seems to work.
Today in the afternoon I gave her a 30 min soak before giving her the medicine. It was quite scary to give her the medicine via the needle, but I did it. After the anti biotic I gave her a new soak. She was looking relax. But 30 min later, I show her neck stretching far out, and opening her mouth as far as she could. She then puked out big chuncks of her banana and dandelions of yesterday, and puked like 4x (see pic)!
I paniced, and the only thing I can do is her give lots of soaks to calm her down!
My vet is closed during weekends, and theres no place where I can go for help!
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