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Oops, I meant I keep my house at 73.

Hamlet still has the sound when he breaths, still active, eating, clear eyes and nose. The vet gave him some flagyl (wormer) saturday. Didn't really expect it to do much, although a prophylactic de-worming prob didn't hurt. We have had a few warm days and that has seemed to help it a little, nothing substantial through.

I'm pretty at wit's end about it, just trying to take good care of him, keep him warm, hydrated, happy, etc.. I'm going to call the vet again and see what other possibilities could be causing it and what is the next step we should take.

Perhaps it's viral? That would explain why the baytril didn't work. I think baytril covers most funguses? not sure though.

Anyway I'm open to any ideas. Hamlet had runny nose syndrome when he was a hatchling (glass aquarium,,,,) but this doesn't seem like this.

I posted this when he first got sick, but a reminder, I'm pretty sure what set this off was getting too cold. I was building a new indoor habitat and he was still able to go outside during the day and sleep in the house at night It was getting down to the 50-60s at night but it was also warm enough for the a/c too still be on in the house during the day and I didn't realize you had to switch it over to heat. So he got below 70 two days in a row. I figured it out the same day as I was putting up his heat lamp, as well as the day the sniffy breathing started.

figured get him warm and he'd be okay, started antibiotics, and wks later, still going on.

Thanks for any help and ideas,
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Nikki

I've had mine down in the 40's on some nights w/out problems. It sounds like he might have a Mycoplasma infection. this is one of the biggies in resp. illnesses in torts. Another species of Mycoplasma is what causes walking pneumonia in humans. The treatment of choice (at least in humans but probably torts as well) are macrolide antibiotics ie. erythromycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin etc. The penicillins and cephalosporins will not work because mycoplasma lacks a cell wall. You might want to suggest this to your vet, he could research it further. Good luck!!

thanks for the input microbiologist,
according to my veterinary drug handbook Baytril (enrofloxacin) should cover most mycoplasma species. I will suggest this to my vet and see what she says though.