Long story short, my tort was intensive care at the vet 2 weeks ago after discovering that he his liver was on the verge of failing, he had a lung infection and issues with his pancreas. The vet successfully flushed his system and returned his liver levels back to normal.
Now I've had him home for 2 weeks and have been giving him his meds every day, have been trying to feed him, etc. He stopped eating for long time but I've been feeding him via syringe for the past week with a mix of different greens I liquified - so far it's helped him a lot. I'm doing a lot of other things to nurse him back to health as well, but that's not my main concern. I noticed his skin is much much darker and that he hasn't passed a bowel in 2 days (and he tried to quite a few times yesterday without success). Is his skin getting darker an issue? Has anyone had experience with this?
He gets soaks 3x per day, I take him outside in the sun 1x per day, I feed him 2x per day via syringe and get him to bask as much as possible (he tends to sleep a lot and I want him to move around so he can get around to eating/passing bowels again).
I also wanted to get an opinion on anyone who's used Enrofloxacin on their tort before. I need to give it every day amongst his other meds - the other meds go down fine but it looks like the Enrofloxacin is actually causing him pain... The stuff is maybe too strong, he scratched his eyes and tries to regurgitate it when I give it to him orally. This last 30min and he goes to sleep right after the Enrofloxacin, doesn't matter if he's full of energy I think he can't stand it (last picture).
Now I've had him home for 2 weeks and have been giving him his meds every day, have been trying to feed him, etc. He stopped eating for long time but I've been feeding him via syringe for the past week with a mix of different greens I liquified - so far it's helped him a lot. I'm doing a lot of other things to nurse him back to health as well, but that's not my main concern. I noticed his skin is much much darker and that he hasn't passed a bowel in 2 days (and he tried to quite a few times yesterday without success). Is his skin getting darker an issue? Has anyone had experience with this?
He gets soaks 3x per day, I take him outside in the sun 1x per day, I feed him 2x per day via syringe and get him to bask as much as possible (he tends to sleep a lot and I want him to move around so he can get around to eating/passing bowels again).
I also wanted to get an opinion on anyone who's used Enrofloxacin on their tort before. I need to give it every day amongst his other meds - the other meds go down fine but it looks like the Enrofloxacin is actually causing him pain... The stuff is maybe too strong, he scratched his eyes and tries to regurgitate it when I give it to him orally. This last 30min and he goes to sleep right after the Enrofloxacin, doesn't matter if he's full of energy I think he can't stand it (last picture).