Uegent Help, Sulcata sick, rare case.
Dear sulcata experts,
I am in Asia, I am a high school student, I have saved poor school kids' land tortoises in the past couple years, because they had no money to go to the vets.
I have recently a rare case with me, very strange, need your urgent advice:
A kid's sulcata, 7.5cm bottom shell, 93.5g 3 days ago (today 96.5g), very thin, body shrinks into the shell, hasn't been eating for 35 days now. The sulcata poos jelly poops, clearly a sign of protozoan infection, but this kid mistakenly gave the sulcata parasite medicine, rather poisonous one, then this kid force-fed the sulcata with Mazuri feed. Then Sulcata poos Mazuri out exactly in the same shape when it eats - a sign of no digestion.
I took over 3 days ago, I injected it with water and saline, force-fed it with glucose and electrolyte water. Then I gave it Metronidazole 4mg yesterday.
The sulcata is very actively, no sign of sickness at all, no signs of respiratory infection, but it is very very thin. Now it is pooing Mazuri food in orginal form when I soak it. What should I do now? Please help, I am totally lost, it doesn't eat, and seems no digestion function at all. Should I feed it with yeasts and vitamins?
Thanks. please help me to save it, it is very cute and very active even without eating for 35 days, it seems wants to survive.
Dear sulcata experts,
I am in Asia, I am a high school student, I have saved poor school kids' land tortoises in the past couple years, because they had no money to go to the vets.
I have recently a rare case with me, very strange, need your urgent advice:
A kid's sulcata, 7.5cm bottom shell, 93.5g 3 days ago (today 96.5g), very thin, body shrinks into the shell, hasn't been eating for 35 days now. The sulcata poos jelly poops, clearly a sign of protozoan infection, but this kid mistakenly gave the sulcata parasite medicine, rather poisonous one, then this kid force-fed the sulcata with Mazuri feed. Then Sulcata poos Mazuri out exactly in the same shape when it eats - a sign of no digestion.
I took over 3 days ago, I injected it with water and saline, force-fed it with glucose and electrolyte water. Then I gave it Metronidazole 4mg yesterday.
The sulcata is very actively, no sign of sickness at all, no signs of respiratory infection, but it is very very thin. Now it is pooing Mazuri food in orginal form when I soak it. What should I do now? Please help, I am totally lost, it doesn't eat, and seems no digestion function at all. Should I feed it with yeasts and vitamins?
Thanks. please help me to save it, it is very cute and very active even without eating for 35 days, it seems wants to survive.