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Hello! I am brand new to this forum and am in need of some advice regarding my sick sulcata, Bentley Scott. Bentley is being treated by a experienced herp vet for what we believe is an URI. His runny nose and congestion started in late September. We took him to the vet right away and he was prescribed baytril, orally. His symptoms cleared up, but then returned a few weeks later. He is now getting a fortaz injection every three days and he's not getting sicker, but his congestion and runny nose have not improved much and he is still sneezing and clearing his throat. He is still EXTREMELY active and eating like a horse (no changes in his eating or activity level), but I'm still concerned because he's definitely not well. We are scheduled to see another specialist (a more experienced herp vet) next week. Any advice about his health or care would be very appreciated. Below is some info that may be helpful...
We got Bentley three years ago from a pet store. We took him to the vet and he was treated for pinworms, but was in good health otherwise, except for minimal pyrmading. We were told he was 5 years old when we got him and if that was true, he would be 8 now. He weighs 21 pounds and is an only pet (except for an african bullfrog that lives in an aquarium).
We live in Maryland and Bentley lives inside with us. When we are at work, he is in a 6 foot round stock tank with timothy hay as a substrate, water, and his 100 watt powersun lamp (and recently added zoomed basking bulb). When we are home, he has free roam of our turtle-proofed house, but he's usually in the same room we are in. We keep our house at 75 degrees and Bentley's tub has a basking area of 98 degrees (increased yesterday from a basking area of 82 degrees). I'm worried I'm going to overheat him, even though he has the ability to move away from the heat.
Bentley loves and eats a lot of timothy hay and orchard grass and has access to it when he is inside and outside of his tub. He also eats watercress, dandelion, kale, redleaf lettuce, peppers, cactus (when Wegmans stocks it), and VERY small amounts of fruit as a treat. He gets a cuttlefish bone every other week and eats the entire bone in one day. He gets rep-cal with vit d and herptivite sprinkled on his food 2-3 times a week. He drinks water every morning when I put him in his tub. We soak him once or twice a week (more now because he's on antiobiotics).
At night, Bentley sleeps beside our bed, in a cat bed with a heating pad. He sleeps the entire night in his bed and wakes up in the morning when he has to go to the bathroom (he's very regular). The temperature in the house is also 75 degrees at night.
Please let me know what other info would be helpful. Thank you for your time and help!
Becky
We got Bentley three years ago from a pet store. We took him to the vet and he was treated for pinworms, but was in good health otherwise, except for minimal pyrmading. We were told he was 5 years old when we got him and if that was true, he would be 8 now. He weighs 21 pounds and is an only pet (except for an african bullfrog that lives in an aquarium).
We live in Maryland and Bentley lives inside with us. When we are at work, he is in a 6 foot round stock tank with timothy hay as a substrate, water, and his 100 watt powersun lamp (and recently added zoomed basking bulb). When we are home, he has free roam of our turtle-proofed house, but he's usually in the same room we are in. We keep our house at 75 degrees and Bentley's tub has a basking area of 98 degrees (increased yesterday from a basking area of 82 degrees). I'm worried I'm going to overheat him, even though he has the ability to move away from the heat.
Bentley loves and eats a lot of timothy hay and orchard grass and has access to it when he is inside and outside of his tub. He also eats watercress, dandelion, kale, redleaf lettuce, peppers, cactus (when Wegmans stocks it), and VERY small amounts of fruit as a treat. He gets a cuttlefish bone every other week and eats the entire bone in one day. He gets rep-cal with vit d and herptivite sprinkled on his food 2-3 times a week. He drinks water every morning when I put him in his tub. We soak him once or twice a week (more now because he's on antiobiotics).
At night, Bentley sleeps beside our bed, in a cat bed with a heating pad. He sleeps the entire night in his bed and wakes up in the morning when he has to go to the bathroom (he's very regular). The temperature in the house is also 75 degrees at night.
Please let me know what other info would be helpful. Thank you for your time and help!
Becky
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