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Hi this is my first post on here and quite an important one..
Took my Russian about 3 or 4 years old tortoise to a reptile vet today after it has been suffering from runny nose, squeaking and slightly swollen eyelids for the past month. I had taken it to a normal vet about 3 weeks ago and obviously they didnt know too much and just gave it one injection of Baytril.
Anyway the vet examined the tortoise for about 45 mins today and thought it may have a Vitamon A deficiency and also took a mouth swab to be sent off to the labs to be looked at.
She has prescribed a course of anti biotic injections and vitamin A injections for the next 3 weeks, he is to have an anti biotic injection every 3 days and a vitamin A injection once a week .
The vet did seem to know what she was talking about and was very helpful, but since i've been home i have read various things about Vitamin A injections and that they can be potentially dangerous.
Would someone in the know be able to assess this situation and tell me if the vet has done the right thing?
Thankss
Took my Russian about 3 or 4 years old tortoise to a reptile vet today after it has been suffering from runny nose, squeaking and slightly swollen eyelids for the past month. I had taken it to a normal vet about 3 weeks ago and obviously they didnt know too much and just gave it one injection of Baytril.
Anyway the vet examined the tortoise for about 45 mins today and thought it may have a Vitamon A deficiency and also took a mouth swab to be sent off to the labs to be looked at.
She has prescribed a course of anti biotic injections and vitamin A injections for the next 3 weeks, he is to have an anti biotic injection every 3 days and a vitamin A injection once a week .
The vet did seem to know what she was talking about and was very helpful, but since i've been home i have read various things about Vitamin A injections and that they can be potentially dangerous.
Would someone in the know be able to assess this situation and tell me if the vet has done the right thing?
Thankss