justuszerg
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Hello,
I have 2 redfoot that are around one and half years old. One is a bit bigger and stronger (the bigfoot) than the other (the smallfoot). They share the enclosure. The small one now has terrible RI, here is a timeline for reference:
12/13 Monday: feeding and soaking day, noticed the smallfoot did not have much of appetite, but it looked normal and was still moving around.
12/14 Tuesday: a normal day, did not pay much attention to them and let them do their things.
12/15 Wednesday: feeding and soaking day, the smallfoot still did not eat much and occationally sneezed. I suspected it caught cold as winter in my area is tough for tortoise.
12/16 Thursday: noticed running nose and discharge from the mouth of smallfoot. I immediately seperated the bigfoot from the smallfoot. The bigfoot is now staying in my leopards enclosure. I cleaned the redfoot enclosure and raised enclosure temperature to above 80F during the day and around 70-75F in the hiding area during night.
12/17 Friday: started soaking the smallfoot for 15 minutes everyday since then. Still had running nose and mouth discharge.
12/18 Saturday: looked like the smallfoot was recovering and ate a bit.
12/19 Sunday: the smallfoot looked better and ate more.
12/20 Monday (today): early in the morning I was so surprised that the smallfoot looks terrible and started breathing with mouth. It has no strength at all and does not move. It stays still wherever I put it. I gave it a warm bath and put it near basking light where has shades and indirect heat. The temperature around is about 85F. The smallfoot is steady now but looks worrisome。
I am going to bring it to see a doctor this afternoon. I plan to keep the enclosure temperature steady above 80F from now on and give the smallfoot intensive care. I have been keeping tortoises for more than 3 years and this happens to me the first time. I am so afraid that I may lose the smallfoot. I appreciate if you can give me any suggestions to help me out. (One thing I can't figure out is that the bigfoot and the smallfoot are in the same environment but the smallfoot got sick and the bigfoot is fine. It is really because of individual differences?)
Jimmy
I have 2 redfoot that are around one and half years old. One is a bit bigger and stronger (the bigfoot) than the other (the smallfoot). They share the enclosure. The small one now has terrible RI, here is a timeline for reference:
12/13 Monday: feeding and soaking day, noticed the smallfoot did not have much of appetite, but it looked normal and was still moving around.
12/14 Tuesday: a normal day, did not pay much attention to them and let them do their things.
12/15 Wednesday: feeding and soaking day, the smallfoot still did not eat much and occationally sneezed. I suspected it caught cold as winter in my area is tough for tortoise.
12/16 Thursday: noticed running nose and discharge from the mouth of smallfoot. I immediately seperated the bigfoot from the smallfoot. The bigfoot is now staying in my leopards enclosure. I cleaned the redfoot enclosure and raised enclosure temperature to above 80F during the day and around 70-75F in the hiding area during night.
12/17 Friday: started soaking the smallfoot for 15 minutes everyday since then. Still had running nose and mouth discharge.
12/18 Saturday: looked like the smallfoot was recovering and ate a bit.
12/19 Sunday: the smallfoot looked better and ate more.
12/20 Monday (today): early in the morning I was so surprised that the smallfoot looks terrible and started breathing with mouth. It has no strength at all and does not move. It stays still wherever I put it. I gave it a warm bath and put it near basking light where has shades and indirect heat. The temperature around is about 85F. The smallfoot is steady now but looks worrisome。
I am going to bring it to see a doctor this afternoon. I plan to keep the enclosure temperature steady above 80F from now on and give the smallfoot intensive care. I have been keeping tortoises for more than 3 years and this happens to me the first time. I am so afraid that I may lose the smallfoot. I appreciate if you can give me any suggestions to help me out. (One thing I can't figure out is that the bigfoot and the smallfoot are in the same environment but the smallfoot got sick and the bigfoot is fine. It is really because of individual differences?)
Jimmy