Urgent Care :: inflammation of tortoise plastron-It's dying; need some help

[stchatterbox]

It's a small red ear slider and not been eating for many days already. It kept its eyes shut and doesn't move, though when I hold it up, it has some reactions.

It's little girl partner has died from it and I want to save it from dying.

I brought it to many pets in Shanghai but they only accpet dogs and cats and rabbits but not RES n other species.

Thus I wonder how to help him.

Thanks.

[steve]

If it does not see, it may not want to eat. Are you keeping it in water, around 78 degrees F (26F)? It also needs to be in water to eat/swallow. try smelly foods - tuna fish for instance. How big is he and what kind of habitat is he in?

[stchatterbox]

I've brought it to the man who sold it to us. He recommended us to use a kind of human drug called Velosef Cefradine Capsules.

Let's wait and see......

[steve]

Human medication may not produce the desired results. What about dosage? How would you even get it into his system?