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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Nasal flush in a tortoise with RNS</title><link>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/26383/nasal-flush-in-a-tortoise-with-rns</link><description> Any tips for volume or frequency of nasal flushing with f10 for RNS? Culture and sensitivity shows scant Moraxella spp, neg PCR for mycoplasma and herpes virus. Tortoise is only 8 years old, but not had a very warm summer, and no extra heat or sunlight</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>RE: Nasal flush in a tortoise with RNS</title><link>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/187653?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2017 11:40:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:170beb66-6a51-4734-a677-63a0f19bffeb</guid><dc:creator>Roland Bulkyn-Rackowe</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Re flushing I usually give them frequent warm baths with or without reptiboost. As they&amp;#39;re nasal drinkers that usually gives things a good sluicing!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I would also be concerned about environmental conditions, likely the poor animal needs a decent temperature, UV and a check on the diet to look for possible deficiencies (e.g vitamin A).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>