What is the treatment of respiratory infection in a tortoise ?No vetererian available?

Question

All vets here are specialized in cattles and farm animals not tortoises.

Answer 1

Infections require antibiotics, which you can only get from a vet.

Please make a vet available or your pet is in for a slow and painful death and you can be breaking the law by denying medical care for your pet. It's called "neglect".

Answer 2

I am so sorry your tortoise is sick and their is no exotic vet around. Perhaps you could convince one of the local vets to consider treating it anyways. I am including some links just for general info. I don't know anything about tortoises but they are beautiful.

http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/co...

http://www.reptilechannel.com/snakes/sna...

**You reallly should do your best to find a vet because you really do not know what this is and would not want to lose your tortoise.

But perhaps you could see if there are any OTC products at a good pet store dealing with reptiles for respiratory ailments. They do for birds and fish. It cannot hurt to call. But in the end a vet is the best choice, even if you have beg one.

Answer 3

If it isn't too late - don't let it get near ice berg lettuce.