First I should say Hello!
Anyways, I adopted a new russian tortoise 4 weeks ago. In my excitement in finding another female (I had spent 6 months searching local pet stores for another female) I forgot to examine her health before adopting her. When I brought her home I realized she felt very light and was making little raspy breathing sounds.
I didn't want to return her to the petstore in the fear that they would just send her off somewhere and replace her.
After two weeks she was not getting better. I hadn't seen her eat or defecate. So I took her to my vet. He diagnosed her with Pneumonia and gave her some shots. One was an antibiotic, one was some kind of vitamin, and two shots in her back legs to rehydrate her.
Every other day I have to bring her in to get another antibiotic shot.
Everytime I bring her in he say's that her hydration is looking better. (I give her daily soaks), but I still haven't seen her eat :/ and her eyes are still sunken in.
The technician told me that if I don't see any improvement after this last shot then I should bring her back in to do blood work and xrays.
I just don't know what to do :/ She's only had 3 shots so far. Should I continue the shots? or bring her in for bloodwork?
Is there anything else I could do at home to help her? I soak her everyday and make sure she stays warms. I think I read somewhere on one these forums about adding pedialyte and baby vitamins to the soaking water? is that a good idea?
Anyways, I adopted a new russian tortoise 4 weeks ago. In my excitement in finding another female (I had spent 6 months searching local pet stores for another female) I forgot to examine her health before adopting her. When I brought her home I realized she felt very light and was making little raspy breathing sounds.
I didn't want to return her to the petstore in the fear that they would just send her off somewhere and replace her.
After two weeks she was not getting better. I hadn't seen her eat or defecate. So I took her to my vet. He diagnosed her with Pneumonia and gave her some shots. One was an antibiotic, one was some kind of vitamin, and two shots in her back legs to rehydrate her.
Every other day I have to bring her in to get another antibiotic shot.
Everytime I bring her in he say's that her hydration is looking better. (I give her daily soaks), but I still haven't seen her eat :/ and her eyes are still sunken in.
The technician told me that if I don't see any improvement after this last shot then I should bring her back in to do blood work and xrays.
I just don't know what to do :/ She's only had 3 shots so far. Should I continue the shots? or bring her in for bloodwork?
Is there anything else I could do at home to help her? I soak her everyday and make sure she stays warms. I think I read somewhere on one these forums about adding pedialyte and baby vitamins to the soaking water? is that a good idea?