11 03 11 Eye infection Tortoise
Treatment
Under anaesthetic the lids were gently opened up and retracted. The eye was full of quite hard pus. Luckily the lump of pus was quite mobile and was gently pulled out from under the lids using specialist ophthalmic forceps.
Remarkably the eye itself was fairly normal underneath.
She recovered from the anaesthetic uneventfully and was placed in the practice vivarium. Fresh green food was provided and she was discharged once she had started eating.
We were presented with an 8 year old Hermans tortoise who had been hibernated at home in a box indoors overwinter. She presented with a swollen left eye.
Treatment was started with oral antibiotics and eye drops and she was admittted to the clinic for investigation and treatment
Summary
It is important to hibernate tortoises correctly with regular monitoring. There is further information about hibernation available on this website on the Pet Care Library” section.
We also offer a hibernation service at the practice, please call for more details.
