RNS Leopard Tortoise

[and1ek]

I need your advice guys!!!

I have a 12 year old Leopard who has RNS he has clear mucus coming from his nose and his eyes are watery, I have taken him to the vet where they prescribed a course of Fortum given every 72 hours. Also they prescribed Baytril to give orally, I have read many things that Batyril is not suitable for tortoises especially Leopards so I have only given him one dose as he started to get frothy in the mouth and thought he might be allergic to it so I am sticking just with the Fortum injections. I bath him twice a day and keep his house temperature to around 28-32 degrees he also has a UV light also which he can use if he wants. I have also started to use F10 in a nebuliser dosage 1ml of F10 to 100ml of water twice a day. He is still not improving and is not eating and sleeping lots. I have taken him back to the Vets and they say I am doing everying correct and thats all I can do. Can you guys help with anything else you think I should do to get him better, its been approx 5 weeks since RNS came on the scene. I have been bathing him in Reptoboost and feeding him with a tube.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

x

[NATURALIS]

Originally Posted by and1ek

I need your advice guys!!!

I have a 12 year old Leopard who has RNS he has clear mucus coming from his nose and his eyes are watery, I have taken him to the vet where they prescribed a course of Fortum given every 72 hours. Also they prescribed Baytril to give orally, I have read many things that Batyril is not suitable for tortoises especially Leopards so I have only given him one dose as he started to get frothy in the mouth and thought he might be allergic to it so I am sticking just with the Fortum injections. I bath him twice a day and keep his house temperature to around 28-32 degrees he also has a UV light also which he can use if he wants. I have also started to use F10 in a nebuliser dosage 1ml of F10 to 100ml of water twice a day. He is still not improving and is not eating and sleeping lots. I have taken him back to the Vets and they say I am doing everying correct and thats all I can do. Can you guys help with anything else you think I should do to get him better, its been approx 5 weeks since RNS came on the scene. I have been bathing him in Reptoboost and feeding him with a tube.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

x

yes its well known that leopard tortoise's can have a allergic reachion to baytril , i would stop using it , the fortum injection's should sort it , the f10 your using is also alittle high mix try 500/1 ,its very strong and can effect them if its used to strong. hope this help's

[Bindi]

I would also try regularly wiping his front legs with diluted F10 as they wipe away any nasties from their noses and mouths with their front legs. What substrate are you keeping him on?

[and1ek]

Thank you I will weaken the dosage, I am using F10 SCXD.

I started today wiping his front legs with F10 after reading that tip on this site.

[NATURALIS]

Originally Posted by Bindi

I would also try regularly wiping his front legs with diluted F10 as they wipe away any nasties from their noses and mouths with their front legs. What substrate are you keeping him on?

ooppp's!!! forgot to mention that bindi , good job your on the ball !!!

[and1ek]

I keep him on mixture of top soil and sand.

[NATURALIS]

Originally Posted by and1ek

Thank you I will weaken the dosage, I am using F10 SCXD.

I started today wiping his front legs with F10 after reading that tip on this site.

its also better if kept on paper that can be changed daily at least , the reason for this is to stop the infection from being picked back up again , together with wiping his front legs.

[and1ek]

Would you recommend also keeping him on Hay, as I have put a wooden box in his house with some hay and he buries himself under the hay??

I really appreciate as always your help

[Bindi]

I wouldn't personally, IMO you need something that you can change daily to stop the bacteria from spreading (it's all in the mucous I believe) so I'd shred some newspaper and like RFM has said use paper to line his enclosure rather than using soil and change daily

[NATURALIS]

Originally Posted by and1ek

Would you recommend also keeping him on Hay, as I have put a wooden box in his house with some hay and he buries himself under the hay??

I really appreciate as always your help

to be honest i wouldn't , the hay contains dust which could be making the problem worse , new's paper is the best way to go until it's cleared up.
forgot to add keep the temps up a little even at night.