Tater Salad
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So I found my tortoise wandering in an extremely arid region of an island I live on in the Caribbean. When I took him home I didn't think too much about the cardboard siding to his enclosure getting wet as he rested his nose on it, but I started reading into it and found maybe this could be a sign of an infection.
We don't have a vet on the island I live on. There is a vet on a nearby island, but we only took this tort in because he isn't native to our area, and we aren't in a position financially to afford vet services from another island for our little guy.
So today I started hearing whistling with his breathing and it is worrying me. Please let me know if there is anything I can do naturally without a vet to help him. I am not entirely sure it is an infection, but I don't know what else it could be. I was happy to save him from an environment not fit for him at no extra cost to us, but again, there is no way I can afford a vet visit. Please help.
More info:
-Redfoot Tortoise
-I don't actually know if he is a "he". could be female. I really have no idea.
-Has been with me for a little under a month I believe
-Found in pretty much a desert area near some residential areas so I assume he was someone's pet as they are not native here.
-Only symptoms I see are wet spots where he rests his nose for a while, throat expands kinda like a frog, and now very recently whistling while breathing and constantly runny eyes like he is crying.
-Great eater. eats mostly outside... fallen fruit, weeds, grasses, leaves of certain trees and bushes.
-Soaks daily in warm water (was severely dehydrated when found, and is much better now)
Lastly, If there is a medication I can get that is extremely affordable that would help and I don't have to pay for a visit I may be able to work something out. This isn't like America though. We don't have any amount of money we can really put into this.
Thanks
We don't have a vet on the island I live on. There is a vet on a nearby island, but we only took this tort in because he isn't native to our area, and we aren't in a position financially to afford vet services from another island for our little guy.
So today I started hearing whistling with his breathing and it is worrying me. Please let me know if there is anything I can do naturally without a vet to help him. I am not entirely sure it is an infection, but I don't know what else it could be. I was happy to save him from an environment not fit for him at no extra cost to us, but again, there is no way I can afford a vet visit. Please help.
More info:
-Redfoot Tortoise
-I don't actually know if he is a "he". could be female. I really have no idea.
-Has been with me for a little under a month I believe
-Found in pretty much a desert area near some residential areas so I assume he was someone's pet as they are not native here.
-Only symptoms I see are wet spots where he rests his nose for a while, throat expands kinda like a frog, and now very recently whistling while breathing and constantly runny eyes like he is crying.
-Great eater. eats mostly outside... fallen fruit, weeds, grasses, leaves of certain trees and bushes.
-Soaks daily in warm water (was severely dehydrated when found, and is much better now)
Lastly, If there is a medication I can get that is extremely affordable that would help and I don't have to pay for a visit I may be able to work something out. This isn't like America though. We don't have any amount of money we can really put into this.
Thanks