thanks.. they were only a size of a quarter when i got them..so i am so attached to them both... maybe i will need to trim toe nails.. but thats a whole other question..right now i just want him better... and i will definitly keep you posted.sauroid;4314691; said:let us know about its progress. good luck. those are very nice looking painteds btw.
Hey just saw your turt issue and decided to show upRed Devil;4314737; said:thanks.. they were only a size of a quarter when i got them..so i am so attached to them both... maybe i will need to trim toe nails.. but thats a whole other question..right now i just want him better... and i will definitly keep you posted.
What your seeing is normal turtle behavior because you have 2 males, and its actually on the lower scale comparing with Ive seen male sliders do and thouse are closelly related to painteds. The treatment your doing is correct, however besides the obvious wound I think there may be one or more abcess in the interior of it. What I sugest and since the wound is open is use that in your advantage and in a gentle kind of way try to press the wound toards its opening, if there is dead tissue inside of it you will feal something hard or skishy. Dont worry about hurting your turtle, turtles have increadbly tough skin (giving them stinches is a nigthmare) and the wound is on a fold of skin, so the wind pipe and the other throat structures are far. Use comon sence in the amount of preassure to apply, I cant tell you how much, first have a good feal of the wound and then make your desision. I think there may be something in it, Ive seen big pus chunks coming out of wounds like that. If something comes out wash the wound on running water untill no more bad stuff comes out and because its a deep wound dont apply betadine directy, use oxigen peroxide insted first and then water again and keep it very clean. Dont worry, turts can easily come out of situations like that.
thank you thank you i do not have time to stay on line right now.. but thank you... i will do this and write tommorrow......coura;4314797; said:Hey just saw your turt issue and decided to show up
there are no turtle vets here..... at least in a few hours drive from me.firebellied man;4314813; said:
It sure did help... thanks very much for your good advice.. last night we applied some pressure to the neck area..but nothing seemed to squish out.. so we put more betadine and i will see how he is today when i go down to feed... but yes definitly an improvement from the betadine...sauroid;4317017; said:the betadine helped a lot. im glad to hear about its progress. hope it gets well soon.
thanks i hope it continues... i would really miss him if things did not go well....snakeguy101;4319672; said:
