:angry: I'm quite upset about this. I've never had one of my herps get sick...outside from adopting something that was already ill, and it dying afterwards.

I traded in a pair of Cunningham's skinks, and ended up buying this female red foot tortoise with part of that money. ( Here she is helping my wife scrapbook. )


So, I set her up in a 90 gallon tank ( pretty tall ) which I had laying around -- bed-a-beast mixed with larger husk fibers, a ramp dish, some hiding spots, etc...

Well, I've been working alot. I worked 22 hours straight on Thursday-Friday, got to sleep for 2 hours, then went back for another 5. When I came home I saw she had her head out of her shell...not like her at all.

Her eyes were swollen shut...I swabbed them open, watched her. 5 hours later, she had bubbles coming out of her nose. *sigh...respiratory infection *

It was caused, of course, by my lack of care --- her cage just wasn't warm enough, nor humid, because of my absense. ( and this wouldn't be the first time I've had to be focused on work for a while )

So I brought her to the vet this morning -- injected her with Baytil, and will do so for a total of 5 doses, once every 5 days.

Already, she is holding her head inside -- not laying around --- and no runny nose/mucus for well over 12 hours.

So I should hope things will recover well.

Let this be a lesson -- check temperatures often, even if you've been keeping reptiles for a while. I got lazy, didn't notice her decline....and now I could lose her.

Anyone else have this problem before? I'd like to hear your experience....

-Zeb

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