coura;4871104; said:Your imput is wanted and wellcomed however you have to think about PRACTICAL solutions that can apply to this particular situation. I would love as well to have practicized cultures of every single pathogen strain I came across and in this case as well to know presicely wich antibiotic, fungicide or something else to apply that could directly atact it. However that aint gonna happen, and Im not saying my solution will even save this turtle, Im just saying this a way to deal with this situation that I have tested and in many cases worked perfectly. It is not getting here sugesting things that if they are not made with someone completly aware of turtle anatomy, anesthetics and surgery could result in disaster. Please dont make it worse then it already is.
As for my grammar, I think its a pretty good one for a Portuguese guy awake at 2 in the morning, thank you very much.
i agree completely. besides, i would probably do something stupid (knowing me) like cutting off the worng end... jkJoe M;4871238; said:Man don't worry about the grammar police. I know a lot about my reptiles, but if I ever run into trouble or a disease I don't know about, I know who I'm asking for help. I think if I was in this situation, amputation would not even enter my mind until I thought it was either that or death. Basically a last, LAST resort.
coura;4870826; said:Dude sceptic turtles get their plastrons filled with blood vessels and their eppidermis falls to reveal a raw underlayer of skin, its completly obvious, Fortuantly isnt the case, at least yet.
HerpHunter77;4875269; said:hey i dont know whats going on with my little turtle, but ive put that stuff on him like twice in the past 3 days but it doesnt seem to be helping...
That is true.Natalie;4875340; said:Recovery will likely be slow. Because their metabolic rate in general is slower than other animals like birds or mammals, turtle healing rate is often agonizingly slow, especially if you're expecting them to look better on a daily basis. Also, at this point the dried up, darker part of his tail will probably never look better. It will likely eventually fall off on its own which may take some more time. It's only after that's off that the rest of the tail can start to heal itself cleanly.
Ok, that is a point as well, however unless this turtle has a really nasty bug on it I would say it has good chances of recovering under good care. It is possible but unlikely that bacteria alone were responsable by the tail necrosis, he keeps the turtle with other animals, they nibled the tail bad which cased to cut the blood flow and this is the result. And this is a snapper, they are very hardy turtles. However as everyone already said including me, the ideal would be if you took your turtle to a vet. Even a normal vet probably could do something about it, specially if he contacted someone that works on exotics to guide.EricIvins;4874628; said:That happens when the animal is hours away from dying.........
When the Infection enters the Blood stream a week or two before, it may very well look perfectly normal........That's from first hand experience with many species........
Actually you should post new pics of him to see how that is getting on. Also that is not something that will be healed in like a week. The major consern its to avoid it going further in the tail, once it stops you may see the dead portion stiking out for some time before it falls. My major consern with this turtle its is age, a larger turt can take much more phisical punisment. In a adult turtle a injury like that is more of a nuisance then something to worry about.HerpHunter77;4875269; said:hey i dont know whats going on with my little turtle, but ive put that stuff on him like twice in the past 3 days but it doesnt seem to be helping...
