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Turtle shell damage
- Thread starter Punjabiking1500
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Okay
so the visible par came out like something
I had pics but my mom deleted them
Here is how he looks now
Its like a little bump concave shape
so the visible par came out like something
I had pics but my mom deleted them
Here is how he looks now
Its like a little bump concave shape
There will be no white with shell rot. It will go blackish and bubbly looking. If you scrape it away, it will be pink if it’s deep enough. Betadine is and anti-bacterial not a healing cream, so remember that when you apply it. It contains iodine that actually slows injury repair, so use it to kill bacteria and let the turtle do the rest.
U.V. light should have been administered before this happened. It is useless for healing except for making the turtle stronger beforehand, so it can cope with infection/ or not break it’s shell in the first place because of the strength the uv helped to digest the calcium. A heat lamp at around 32 degrees celcius… or the sun. The sun will give both uv and heat. The heat will speed up healing by speeding up metabolism. Morning / or afternoon. Not “heat of the day” sun.
U.V. light should have been administered before this happened. It is useless for healing except for making the turtle stronger beforehand, so it can cope with infection/ or not break it’s shell in the first place because of the strength the uv helped to digest the calcium. A heat lamp at around 32 degrees celcius… or the sun. The sun will give both uv and heat. The heat will speed up healing by speeding up metabolism. Morning / or afternoon. Not “heat of the day” sun.
Here's your problem. They need to dry off and must have UV, these are just the basics. Make sure the water is tip top too. I've kept a Cooter turtle for 16 years and have never had an issue but she's always had a platform to dry off and a UV basking spot. Your priority should be getting the basics right and the rest will take care or itself.
Well, if you want to get technical, the basics are:
Clean water
U.V. Light
Completely dry basking area
Heat lamp
Live food
Sunlight once or twice a week if you have all that, that is not through glass or Perspex.
Some sort of calcium boost. You won’t get enough from the food.
Aquatic plants to munch on at breakfast.
The basics you are talking about are complicated for most people. Turtles are not an easy animal to care for. People seem to assume they are easy because they don’t die from the lack of care. Sure, they are very hardy and hard to kill, but that doesn’t mean your turtle is getting the basics. If you say UV light and a dry dock, then you have completely missed the most important one of all. The heat lamp. It helps kill bad bacteria, fungus, infection, the list goes on. If I travel with my turtles for a weekend, I don’t take the UV lamp. I take the heat lamp. They can miss out on a few meals worth of calcium, but the heat lamp is a must. Absolute must.
Yes. We have all had turtles for decades. My Kreffts is probably older than you are.
Clean water
U.V. Light
Completely dry basking area
Heat lamp
Live food
Sunlight once or twice a week if you have all that, that is not through glass or Perspex.
Some sort of calcium boost. You won’t get enough from the food.
Aquatic plants to munch on at breakfast.
The basics you are talking about are complicated for most people. Turtles are not an easy animal to care for. People seem to assume they are easy because they don’t die from the lack of care. Sure, they are very hardy and hard to kill, but that doesn’t mean your turtle is getting the basics. If you say UV light and a dry dock, then you have completely missed the most important one of all. The heat lamp. It helps kill bad bacteria, fungus, infection, the list goes on. If I travel with my turtles for a weekend, I don’t take the UV lamp. I take the heat lamp. They can miss out on a few meals worth of calcium, but the heat lamp is a must. Absolute must.
Yes. We have all had turtles for decades. My Kreffts is probably older than you are.
