helpmeplease!
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Hey! I need help asap! I have a 5 year old sulcata tortise, a small guy, about 6 pounds.
About two weeks ago maybe 3 we noticed on his leg that he had torn off some scales which showed underneath a pink kind of flesh, as the weeks pprogressed more scales began to fall off.
And along side that we had maybe thought he had gotten an respiratory infection with the way he had been acting and the way he had been breathing and snot had been running slighty from his nose.
We attempted to heal him up, only noticing that a week into it, it was and had been getting much worse. Behind his head the skin had been peeling from his shell.
A foul odor had been coming from the gapping now whole, we looked further to then see his shell had a clear like goo leaking from the crack, we pushed a bit on it, and more had came out!!! His scute was even starting to peel away! It was terrible. Shell rot/:
So we took him asap to the vet who didn't know much about tortoises but it was all we had, and he gave us 5 days of anti botics, and fluids to give him cause of dehydration. And some silver siodine for his wounds.
It has been now over a week since the vist and past the 5 day anti botics and I'm sad to say it doesn't seem to be lookin much better.
Were I had seen his shell rot, the scutes are falling off.
His gaping whole is now 3 inches in length across the back of shell where the skin is attached.
What the heck should I do!!!!!!! Help please
We have him under UVB and with a heat pad and I am keeping him as clean as possible.
About two weeks ago maybe 3 we noticed on his leg that he had torn off some scales which showed underneath a pink kind of flesh, as the weeks pprogressed more scales began to fall off.
And along side that we had maybe thought he had gotten an respiratory infection with the way he had been acting and the way he had been breathing and snot had been running slighty from his nose.
We attempted to heal him up, only noticing that a week into it, it was and had been getting much worse. Behind his head the skin had been peeling from his shell.
A foul odor had been coming from the gapping now whole, we looked further to then see his shell had a clear like goo leaking from the crack, we pushed a bit on it, and more had came out!!! His scute was even starting to peel away! It was terrible. Shell rot/:
So we took him asap to the vet who didn't know much about tortoises but it was all we had, and he gave us 5 days of anti botics, and fluids to give him cause of dehydration. And some silver siodine for his wounds.
It has been now over a week since the vist and past the 5 day anti botics and I'm sad to say it doesn't seem to be lookin much better.
Were I had seen his shell rot, the scutes are falling off.
His gaping whole is now 3 inches in length across the back of shell where the skin is attached.
What the heck should I do!!!!!!! Help please
We have him under UVB and with a heat pad and I am keeping him as clean as possible.