**please help***(urgent!)

Dandelion · 28-11-2008, 12:37 PM

My baby tortoise Carolina, since three days ago is having trouble breathing as it seems... She really opens her mouth and takes out her neck as far as she can and sometimes she does a squeaky sound.... I can't go to the vet, he is two hours away from me and I am tight on the money now.... I put Carolina in a big hamster cage with fresh newspaper, a small blanket and shelter outside in the veranda where there is sun... I had problems with respiratory with some other tortoises before but my vet told me how to treat it and it worked with the ones which had respiratort problem. I am doing the treatment with Carolina and she doesn't squeak as much as she did but I think I started it late I don't know what to do please help I don't want her to die....

rodneyvet · 28-11-2008, 03:21 PM

Start by making a humid box. Its a tuppaware box with a small hole cut in the side.. put the lid on and fill it with steam from the kettle. then take the kettle away and put the tort in the box with the lid on and the hole covered so essentially she is in a "steam room". this will help her loosen any particles of debris in her respiratory system. What treatment have you been giving her. She probably needs to get to a vet as soon as you can

pammy · 28-11-2008, 03:40 PM

dandelion do hope your baby tort will be ok pammy

pammy · 28-11-2008, 03:42 PM

dandelion hope your baby tortise is going to be ok x pammy

Paulg1 · 28-11-2008, 03:42 PM

when she has her mouth open can you see anything obstructing her breathing? If she is that distressed she may have swallowed something like her bedding.

Dandelion · 28-11-2008, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by rodneyvet

Start by making a humid box. Its a tuppaware box with a small hole cut in the side.. put the lid on and fill it with steam from the kettle. then take the kettle away and put the tort in the box with the lid on and the hole covered so essentially she is in a "steam room". this will help her loosen any particles of debris in her respiratory system. What treatment have you been giving her. She probably needs to get to a vet as soon as you can

Will do, thanks!

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Originally Posted by pammy

dandelion do hope your baby tort will be ok pammy

Thank you so much pammy!

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Originally Posted by Paulg1

when she has her mouth open can you see anything obstructing her breathing? If she is that distressed she may have swallowed something like her bedding.

No, it's quite clear, I don't know why this has happened... I've had her for so long with no problems and she has also been with her other 12 baby tortoises and they don't have a problem I don't know why this has happened to her... Oh and she is on newspaper, I have all the young ones on newspaper which I change daily so they will always have a clean environment..

Thanks again everyone!

baybay · 28-11-2008, 09:41 PM

Cant offer much help, but good luck and hope your tort feels better soon

lindso3000 · 11-02-2009, 12:17 AM

how did you get on? X

**Alan1** · 11-02-2009, 08:29 AM

It would be a help to others to know

alotoffluff · 11-02-2009, 09:32 AM

im sorry she is unwell. How is she now? Any improvement???

28-11-2008, 12:37 PM	#1
Dandelion Member Hatched Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 350	please help*(urgent!) My baby tortoise Carolina, since three days ago is having trouble breathing as it seems... She really opens her mouth and takes out her neck as far as she can and sometimes she does a squeaky sound.... I can't go to the vet, he is two hours away from me and I am tight on the money now.... I put Carolina in a big hamster cage with fresh newspaper, a small blanket and shelter outside in the veranda where there is sun... I had problems with respiratory with some other tortoises before but my vet told me how to treat it and it worked with the ones which had respiratort problem. I am doing the treatment with Carolina and she doesn't squeak as much as she did but I think I started it late I don't know what to do please help I don't want her to die....

28-11-2008, 03:42 PM	#4
pammy Member Incubating Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: tipton west mids Posts: 119	poorly baby tortise dandelion hope your baby tortise is going to be ok x pammy

28-11-2008, 03:42 PM	#5
Paulg1 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 2,116	when she has her mouth open can you see anything obstructing her breathing? If she is that distressed she may have swallowed something like her bedding. __________________ 0.1.0 G. sulcata/Larry 0.1.0 G. pardalis babcocki/Leo 1.0.0 G. pardalis pardalis/Tino "Stop the world, I want to get off!"

28-11-2008, 09:41 PM	#7
baybay Member Incubating Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: OH U.S.A Posts: 164	Cant offer much help, but good luck and hope your tort feels better soon __________________ My cherry head Mate is doing well. R.I.P Stewie you will be missed

28-11-2008, 03:21 PM	#2
rodneyvet Member Incubating Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 117	Start by making a humid box. Its a tuppaware box with a small hole cut in the side.. put the lid on and fill it with steam from the kettle. then take the kettle away and put the tort in the box with the lid on and the hole covered so essentially she is in a "steam room". this will help her loosen any particles of debris in her respiratory system. What treatment have you been giving her. She probably needs to get to a vet as soon as you can

28-11-2008, 03:40 PM	#3
pammy Member Incubating Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: tipton west mids Posts: 119	dandelion do hope your baby tort will be ok pammy

11-02-2009, 12:17 AM	#8
lindso3000 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cumbria Posts: 2,675	how did you get on? X

11-02-2009, 08:29 AM	#9
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	It would be a help to others to know

11-02-2009, 09:32 AM	#10
alotoffluff Senior Member Adult Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: greenwich, london, previously born and brought up in Kent! Posts: 2,127	im sorry she is unwell. How is she now? Any improvement???

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