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All animal expo in Wheaton, IL

Thank you very much Yvonne, I will see what else I can do to make this area warmer for her.

I said she is a red foot, but the guy said cherry head. Here's a pic of Ember, the surviving tort. I believe she is Cherry if that makes a difference.

You are correct on the spelling, thank you. She said it was a small dose, and I watched her inject in the front leg. She was very sick when we took her in, so I am thinking we may have waited too long, unfortunately. I've been closely monitoring their heat with my temp gun and she's got a good...

Thanks for your input Leo!

I've ready some of your older threads regarding antibiotic types. She injected our baby tort with the same stuff we were treating our iguana for that had a injury on his nose that caused inflamation in his nostrils passages. He is doing much better, but treating her for pneumonia with same...

Brought a baby red foot tortoise home from swap meet, had her since Feb. 2017. She started exhibiting signs of respiratory issues in the last couple of weeks (bubbles in nostrils), and then stopped eating. We took her to the vet who xrayed her and gave her an antibiotic shot to start treatment...