pneumonia

I thought I'd post an update on how my girl Nelly is doing. She is, we think, at least 60 years old, and has been unwell with an RI since August. It developed into pneumonia and caused liver issues as her body was being overwhelmed with the infection. She had been hospitalised twice, the last...

My tortoise, Nelly (who is at least 50/60 years old), is unwell with pneumonia and reduced liver function, which the vet says was likely due to the infection. The vet didn't catch the respiratory infection straight away as she actually went in for something else originally. Before all of this...

Hello Friends! I am the new caretaker for several animals at a very small non-profit nature preserve. Our main animal ambassador is a 17-18-year-old Sulcata Tortoise named Pebbles. This is my first time taking care of a tortoise and I want to make sure I am doing right by Pebbles. I seem to...

My tortoise had a flooded burrow while hibernating about 2 weeks ago...I thought he was probably dead! But we got all the water out and tapped his foot and it moved. He was alive. WOW Anyway a few days later he came out of his burrow. He was coming out every day and sunning himself. Seemed...

Torti is a 1 year and 9 month old sulcata who was diagnosed with pneumonia one week ago. He was having eyelid swelling and difficulty breathing that looks like extending his neck and then gulping deeply. He was shipped to me 2-3 weeks ago from my old home (I moved a few months ago) so I think...

hello everyone, My 2 year old tortoise named Shellk was very active. We had our vet checkup 3 days ago and he was in the best condition he could be. Today he started acting in a very unusual manner. He had constant mucus coming out and was acting like he couldn’t breathe. Eventually I saw a tiny...

I need some advice for my Russian named Harley. long story short i have had him for about 4 months now and he is a sickly little boy. his previous owner was horribly neglectful of him threw sheer ignorance and stupidity. He ate only spring mix, no baths, no light at all no calcium, and lived...

Hello, I am new here and looking for advice. My 30 year old Egyptian has pneumonia. My specialist vet has fitted a feeding tube to administer Enrofloxacin because the tortoise is so very small and therefore it is difficult to open his mouth to give him the meds any other way. The medication...