Pignose Turtle, Fly river turtle Shell Ulcer Help!!
- Thread starter livingwaters
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livingwaters;3249851; said:
Its not your fault. Dont feel too bad about it
It is likely its lungs are already infected when you got it.
To the new FRT keeper, lung infection is very hard to detect till its a full blown infection. The tell-tale signs are very slight and usually you can only tell when you find the FRT butt slightly floating up when it rest on the tank floor. Its something not easy to tell and you can think its suffering from gas at times.
Anyway Pimafix is for external bacteria. This is internal.
Seriously, I cannot imagine the conditions the ex-owner kept the turtle in. It must be really horrible -_-
This is what fortum does:
FORTUM is used to treat a wide
range of infections caused by
bacteria. These infections may affect
the chest (bronchitis or pneumonia),
ears, nose, throat, bladder and urinary
tract, skin and soft tissue, stomach or
bones. Doesnt mention anything about lung infection but i would have thought maybe it would have stopped the bacteria from affecting the lungs of the FRT.
FORTUM is used to treat a wide
range of infections caused by
bacteria. These infections may affect
the chest (bronchitis or pneumonia),
ears, nose, throat, bladder and urinary
tract, skin and soft tissue, stomach or
bones. Doesnt mention anything about lung infection but i would have thought maybe it would have stopped the bacteria from affecting the lungs of the FRT.
what i got was Trexofi. I'm not sure of the dosage for the FRT of your size and weight. you will need to check with the vet.
i just emailed the vet which i always visit for my sick pets (which are all aquatic pets) to see if he can help us with a documentation on FRT diseases and treatments. he is a specialist with aquatic creatures.
hopefully he will be able to help us. with the documentation, we can help people who have limited access to vets with experience on FRTs to get proper treatment for their sick FRTs.
i just emailed the vet which i always visit for my sick pets (which are all aquatic pets) to see if he can help us with a documentation on FRT diseases and treatments. he is a specialist with aquatic creatures.
hopefully he will be able to help us. with the documentation, we can help people who have limited access to vets with experience on FRTs to get proper treatment for their sick FRTs.
Thats excellent!!! I just hope i can get enough info. to fix the poor guy before anything else happens. It seems like with this FRT new surprises seem to always pop up.
Schmike;3249979; said:
Well the one i got is only 3 inch shell size. I'm only giving it 1ml injection shot as prescribed by my vet. Anymore could be poisonous he says.
livingwaters;3250020; said:
once he agrees to help we will try to consolidate pictures and symptoms from members here and in a singapore based forum. hopefully members here and there can help to get more from other sites and forums.
we hope to get cases all over the Internet before we organize and pass it to the vet for his professional comments. this will be very tedious for him with his tight schedule. hope that he can find some time to help us out on it.
Maybe you can tell yr vet that a FRT with lung infection was treated with Trexofi. That could help
Yeah we were talking earlier that although there is much information about FRT care, there is very little information on FRT diseases etc
Will try to get as much info as possible
Yeah we were talking earlier that although there is much information about FRT care, there is very little information on FRT diseases etc
Will try to get as much info as possible
