hanban98
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So I have been on google for several hours on several different occasions over my reptiles health. Just going to say that I have some diagnosed pretty severe anxiety and often over think things, so I don’t want to jump on a vet visit if it isn’t necessary and may just cause more stress. I have a 2.5 year old redfoot named Ziggy! (Gender not known yet) Ziggy is generally a very healthy tortoise witth a very strong developing shell. Quite impressed with him! I have had/ lived with him in Indiana for a year and a half since I got him, attending school. A couple months ago I took him to my herp vet because he squirted a bunch of liquid from his nose and then was whislitng for a day or so. Went to the vet, they said he was in perfect health and the whistle went away. So here i am now.. i have been on winter break from school since December 10th... we first went to Colorado for a week to my partners house and then down to Ft Worth Texas where we are currently. I have 2 other pets and a very small car so I usually don’t take his normal tank with us. He’s been fine before. At home his tank is 80-85 with a basking area of 90-95 and humidity 65-75%. When traveling in the car for long ours ,especially because it’s winter, I put hand/toe warmers under my animals carriers to keep them warm and check it with a thermostat periodically. So for his travel home i had a playpen with blankets, a heated blanket, his normal heating lamps, and big soaking water dish and the humidifier going. But of course in the winter in Colorado he dried right out so I started soaking him daily. So i get to Texas and he has the same set up. The humidity is better here and it is pretty warm. However, his skin was a little more grey than usual and now he has developed a whistle. It’s faint and comes and goes. There is no nasal discharge. His eyes aren't necessarily puffy but they are watery and a little sunken in. He’s eating great and very active. So I have heard that sometimes when Redfoots get too dry their nares can dry out and cause a whistle and click noise, the noises i have been hearing. I really don’t think he would’ve gotten too cold at any point, i am very much on top of that when trying to safely travel with 3 reptiles. I am scared he has developed a RI or has LRTD and it’s too early in the stages to be able to physically tell due to stress or changes in environment. I went and got him a tub and substrate and leaves and made him a pretty good replica of what he has at home, just less space. The temp right now is 88 and the humidity is 75%. I can still hear a faint whistle. (He’s been in here for about 24 hours. I am trying to get a vet appt scheduled for next week just in case it worsens. The only thing that worried me more was when something was in his nose a couple days ago, it could be dried snot but i never saw anything wet and he had just been eating bananas and mushrooms. I’ll attach the picture below. It wiped off with a wet qtip and his nositrls have been clear since. Please let me know what y’all think. I’m hoping he’s just dry and a couple more days in the new tub will clear it up. Just a really really stressed momma. Thanks so much in advance.