So, I have two redfoot tortoises with URI. They were both rescues from some shabby places, and they both had it when I got them.
I've been to the vet twice for both of them. The vet I went to prescribed Ceftazidime 100/mg/ml injections every three days for 3 weeks.
I did the three week run with the injections, but I didn't notice an improvement. I took them back to the vet, and she said that sometimes it just takes a long time for them to show improvement...and then put them on a second 3-week run of the Ceftazidime.
But they're already halfway through their 3-week period, and I'm STILL not seeing any improvements! They're still as sneezy and mucusy as they were before.
The vet said she was giving me the strongest broad-spectrum URI medication...so if the strongest medication isn't working, what am I to do?! I really feel helpless here. I've been doing all I can to help them get better, not just with regular vet visits and medication, but therapy at home; increasing temperatures and humidity, daily warm soaks, and giving them multivitamins at every feeding.
Does anyone know of any other medication they can recommend for URI in tortoises? I really just want my babies to get better. I hate watching them stay sick for so long.
