Hi, Could someone please provide me some advice on my sick radiated torto. He won't eat anything for the past 5 days and he moves very little.
At the beginning the torto got some sort of diarrhea but still had very good appetite so i did nothing to correct the problem (this went for about two weeks) then suddenly about 7 days ago he started to lose his appetite and since then its condition keep deteriorate.
I went to the vet 5 days ago and he prescribed me some antibiotic (flagyl) and vitamins to put in soaking water. I soaked the torto every morning with it and soaked the torto again at noon and afternoon with mix of isotonic and plain water.
Honestly, the vet did not seem to be very knowledgeable but he was the only vet i could find in my area. That why i really hope to get some advice from much more experience torto keepers in this forum.
Few of my questions are:
- Should i start to force feed my torto? (since he had stop eating for 5 days).
- are there anything else i should do for the sick torto beside the ones that i already did?
Thank you so much in advance for any advice. I really appreciate it.
fyi: i lives in South East Asia, so the weather is pretty warm and humid all year long.
At the beginning the torto got some sort of diarrhea but still had very good appetite so i did nothing to correct the problem (this went for about two weeks) then suddenly about 7 days ago he started to lose his appetite and since then its condition keep deteriorate.
I went to the vet 5 days ago and he prescribed me some antibiotic (flagyl) and vitamins to put in soaking water. I soaked the torto every morning with it and soaked the torto again at noon and afternoon with mix of isotonic and plain water.
Honestly, the vet did not seem to be very knowledgeable but he was the only vet i could find in my area. That why i really hope to get some advice from much more experience torto keepers in this forum.
Few of my questions are:
- Should i start to force feed my torto? (since he had stop eating for 5 days).
- are there anything else i should do for the sick torto beside the ones that i already did?
Thank you so much in advance for any advice. I really appreciate it.
fyi: i lives in South East Asia, so the weather is pretty warm and humid all year long.