any suggestions?

wilsonathome · 08-02-2009, 08:54 PM

well i've agreed to look after a poorly tort after my heartstrings were pulled today

a lady rang me asking for advise on her tort who hasn't opened his eyes for 2 days and is not eating, after lots of questions, it seems husbandry is fine, diet is good

anyway she took him to her local vets and said it was conjunctivitis and was given antibiotics and vitamin through injection (the vet was afraid to open his mouth)
basically, advise i gave was to keep him warm and hydrated and get some artificial tears from chemist
she rang me a few times today and finally i agreed to take him for a bit as she doesn't feel confident enough to look after him while he's like this

she's dropping him off with me tomorrow
i will be bathing him regular, keeping him warm, will defo look inside his mouth, any suggestions on what this could be?? sand/soil substrate, not hibernated this year, 2007 hatchling i think

alotoffluff · 08-02-2009, 10:13 PM

wow, sorry im no expert so cant help, but you are doing a really good thing. Good luck with it!

Paulg1 · 09-02-2009, 12:32 AM

dehydration? wrong light(too intense) Way too many variables to know. How often was he bathed? Any suppliments given? What kind of heat/light? Mouth rot? Too much it could be just by the info given.

Mrs Frog · 09-02-2009, 08:48 AM

bless him,I am sure you will be able to help this tortoise

wilsonathome · 09-02-2009, 10:18 AM

i'm waiting for the lady to bring him right now, she's on her way
when i see him i'll hve a good check over and a better idea
will keep yu posted and try take some pics

sandy · 09-02-2009, 12:07 PM

Sounds like the vet was not a lot of good. Not wanting to open the mouth.
I agree dehydration could be the problem, and as Paul has said could be lack of UV.
Until you have the tortoise its hard to say.
We dont even know the speices.

wilsonathome · 09-02-2009, 01:10 PM

well here he is if my pics upload

his name is herbie, thb i think a little boy? summer 2007, 18 months old ish, he has been kept on a tortoise table under a lamp that produces uv and heat10 hours a day, soil substrate, weeds only diet with nutrobal, bathed weekly, just looked inside his mouth it's lovely and pink and he's quite lively

there is a bit of flaking on his legs tho and his eyes are like fused together, they've been like it for 3 days now and he hasn't eaten anything, i've got him in bath now

wilsonathome · 09-02-2009, 01:16 PM

aahhh right, just took him out of the bath, put his nose to my ear and heard kind of like a click with his breathing, clear nose though so he's goin to my vet now!

Mrs Frog · 09-02-2009, 01:49 PM

Good Luck with him

wilsonathome · 09-02-2009, 07:55 PM

tried takin some pics but too blurry, zoomed out and can't see

herbie is goin to my vet on weds, owner is takin him, until then i can only keep him warm and hydrated, eyes still closed, sounds and looks like rns, quite dry-looking and flaky, would anyone recommend glucose?
i also spoke to my vet this afternoon and he will give owner f10 to give to me so i can use it in my nebuliser

08-02-2009, 08:54 PM	#1
wilsonathome Member Hatchling Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: south wales Posts: 632	any suggestions? well i've agreed to look after a poorly tort after my heartstrings were pulled today a lady rang me asking for advise on her tort who hasn't opened his eyes for 2 days and is not eating, after lots of questions, it seems husbandry is fine, diet is good anyway she took him to her local vets and said it was conjunctivitis and was given antibiotics and vitamin through injection (the vet was afraid to open his mouth) basically, advise i gave was to keep him warm and hydrated and get some artificial tears from chemist she rang me a few times today and finally i agreed to take him for a bit as she doesn't feel confident enough to look after him while he's like this she's dropping him off with me tomorrow i will be bathing him regular, keeping him warm, will defo look inside his mouth, any suggestions on what this could be?? sand/soil substrate, not hibernated this year, 2007 hatchling i think

09-02-2009, 12:32 AM	#3
Paulg1 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 2,116	dehydration? wrong light(too intense) Way too many variables to know. How often was he bathed? Any suppliments given? What kind of heat/light? Mouth rot? Too much it could be just by the info given. __________________ 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!"

09-02-2009, 08:48 AM	#4
Mrs Frog Senior Member Adult Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 4,419	bless him,I am sure you will be able to help this tortoise __________________ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1442...06053/?fref=nf

09-02-2009, 12:07 PM	#6
sandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 12,146	Sounds like the vet was not a lot of good. Not wanting to open the mouth. I agree dehydration could be the problem, and as Paul has said could be lack of UV. Until you have the tortoise its hard to say. We dont even know the speices. __________________ < > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles \0/ /_\ http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends

09-02-2009, 01:49 PM	#9
Mrs Frog Senior Member Adult Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 4,419	Good Luck with him __________________ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1442...06053/?fref=nf

08-02-2009, 10:13 PM	#2
alotoffluff Senior Member Adult Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: greenwich, london, previously born and brought up in Kent! Posts: 2,127	wow, sorry im no expert so cant help, but you are doing a really good thing. Good luck with it!

09-02-2009, 10:18 AM	#5
wilsonathome Member Hatchling Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: south wales Posts: 632	i'm waiting for the lady to bring him right now, she's on her way when i see him i'll hve a good check over and a better idea will keep yu posted and try take some pics

09-02-2009, 01:10 PM	#7
wilsonathome Member Hatchling Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: south wales Posts: 632	well here he is if my pics upload his name is herbie, thb i think a little boy? summer 2007, 18 months old ish, he has been kept on a tortoise table under a lamp that produces uv and heat10 hours a day, soil substrate, weeds only diet with nutrobal, bathed weekly, just looked inside his mouth it's lovely and pink and he's quite lively there is a bit of flaking on his legs tho and his eyes are like fused together, they've been like it for 3 days now and he hasn't eaten anything, i've got him in bath now

09-02-2009, 01:16 PM	#8
wilsonathome Member Hatchling Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: south wales Posts: 632	aahhh right, just took him out of the bath, put his nose to my ear and heard kind of like a click with his breathing, clear nose though so he's goin to my vet now!

09-02-2009, 07:55 PM	#10
wilsonathome Member Hatchling Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: south wales Posts: 632	tried takin some pics but too blurry, zoomed out and can't see herbie is goin to my vet on weds, owner is takin him, until then i can only keep him warm and hydrated, eyes still closed, sounds and looks like rns, quite dry-looking and flaky, would anyone recommend glucose? i also spoke to my vet this afternoon and he will give owner f10 to give to me so i can use it in my nebuliser

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