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Here is the story i purchased a hog island female a while back when she arrived she was deathly ill.She had the worst case of respiratory i had ever seen> I imeadiatly started treating her with 21/2 ml/250mg daily of tylan for 7 days this seemed like it was doing the trick but after i stoped treating her the ri quickly returned i have since tried baytril but to no avail . she is by no means as bad as she was when i opend the box but i can still hear the respiratory and feel it when i hold her(which i dont really do much as to not add more unneeded stress)i have no qualified herp vets in my area and in the past have pretty much treated my own animals very sucessfully i might add untill now i am stumped with this one can anyone add any insight that may prove helpfull any sugestions will be greatly apreciated

Assuming you havent already I would also keep the terarium temperature slightly higher than normal. This will boost the animals immunity. Also I would reccomend seeing a veterinarian if you haven already. In a lot of severe cases concerning respiratory infections, veterinarians will use a cathater to suction the moucus (which may contain a fungis of bacteria) from its lungs. Since reptiles do not have a diaphram they are largely unable to expell the mucus in their lungs. This greatly reduced the amount of moucus and will allow for a much faster recovery. Also I would slightly increase the intake of vitamin A.