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, she lived with my Granny who we have realised is no longer able to give Nelly the care she needs, so I have taken Nelly into my care. She is on 2 antibiotics, liver supplements, diuretics and has had a tube fitted to give her critical care feed as she was refusing to eat. We finally have her home after she was hospitalised for 2 weeks. After refusing food for just over two weeks, the morning after we brought her home she stared eating straight away, although she is only interested in cucumber but we are managing to sneak some weeds in too. At the vets they were nebulizing her with f10 and I have seen people recommend it on here so I have ordered a nebulizer and some f10 antiseptic. I just wanted to know what to dilute the f10 with. I've seen people say to use saline and when I look online it is coming up with different concentrations so I'm not sure what to use.
I really want to do everything I can to help my poor girl even though I know the prognosis isn't good with pneumonia. We want to give her body a chance to respond to the treatment and as she is interested in food and is generally alert, although sleeping a lot, it doesn't look like she has given up yet. (I've aded a photo of her eating this morning).
Any recommendations on what to dilute the f10 with and tips for nebulizing are greatly appreciated.
Em
I really want to do everything I can to help my poor girl even though I know the prognosis isn't good with pneumonia. We want to give her body a chance to respond to the treatment and as she is interested in food and is generally alert, although sleeping a lot, it doesn't look like she has given up yet. (I've aded a photo of her eating this morning).
Any recommendations on what to dilute the f10 with and tips for nebulizing are greatly appreciated.
Em