Hi everyone!
My sweet tort Morticia and I need help from the tortoise experts. You guys are so smart, sweet, and know everything lol. Morticia has a recurrent respiratory infection. In the past the shots I gave her worked. Now we are on a second antibiotic (every other day) and she is still so congested. You can hear her breathing. Her nose sounds plugged. I am switching Vets, but more on that later. I am so discouraged.
I have spent about $1000 in the past month on her at the vet. She had an exray looking to see if she has pneumonia and we found out she has a metal washer in her. She doesn't poop every time she eats like she used to. The vet gave me lactulose to give her daily to help it pass. It has been about a week and a half and no luck yet. She told me to give her until the end of the summer and if she has stopped eating/declined before then, then we need to talk about surgery. There is NO WAY we could ever afford surgery so I am very stressed.
Lastly...the other day I gave her the injection and I accidentally stuck my finger with the needle after I had injected her! I called the vet and 6 hours later the girl that answered the phone told me the vet said she has no advice to give me and to contact my doctor. I was LIVID as you can imagine. I have googled and I am just concerned if tortoises can give humans diseases. She would tell me NOTHING! So that is why I need to find a new vet. It's just very unfortunate timing seeing as how there is so much going on with her.
If you made it this far thank you. I love her so much and am so upset and scared for her future. If you have any feedback on anything I would love to hear it.
Thank you! <3
My sweet tort Morticia and I need help from the tortoise experts. You guys are so smart, sweet, and know everything lol. Morticia has a recurrent respiratory infection. In the past the shots I gave her worked. Now we are on a second antibiotic (every other day) and she is still so congested. You can hear her breathing. Her nose sounds plugged. I am switching Vets, but more on that later. I am so discouraged.
I have spent about $1000 in the past month on her at the vet. She had an exray looking to see if she has pneumonia and we found out she has a metal washer in her. She doesn't poop every time she eats like she used to. The vet gave me lactulose to give her daily to help it pass. It has been about a week and a half and no luck yet. She told me to give her until the end of the summer and if she has stopped eating/declined before then, then we need to talk about surgery. There is NO WAY we could ever afford surgery so I am very stressed.
Lastly...the other day I gave her the injection and I accidentally stuck my finger with the needle after I had injected her! I called the vet and 6 hours later the girl that answered the phone told me the vet said she has no advice to give me and to contact my doctor. I was LIVID as you can imagine. I have googled and I am just concerned if tortoises can give humans diseases. She would tell me NOTHING! So that is why I need to find a new vet. It's just very unfortunate timing seeing as how there is so much going on with her.
If you made it this far thank you. I love her so much and am so upset and scared for her future. If you have any feedback on anything I would love to hear it.
Thank you! <3