A Turtle has to get used to a new environment. Add some fake plants for them to hide in.Thx everyone, mission successful! I just let Smaller one explore home for about 3 hrs and then it ate 3 pellets(probably pet shop owner has feeded it). Don't know they both just find a way to find each other. Still both wants to be together. Now smaller one is putting it's hand on bigger one's shell🤣. I probably had got a male and a female(one has thick and one has large tail)
I would love to see those turtles navigate those logs.
Is that the smallest one? Is the wound open? That might be a bite from the other if they haven't been separated yet.Ahh I noticed one had hurt it's one leg.View attachment 356404View attachment 356405View attachment 356406View attachment 356407
No I hv saperated them. I may have missed this yesterday. This is smaller one. It's skin is like saperated.Is that the smallest one? Is the wound open? That might be a bite from the other if they haven't been separated yet.
@Yvonne G how would you care for that wound?
determination........I would love to see those turtles navigate those logs.
that looks to be either a bacterial or fungal infection ....i would paint it with betadine or chlorhexadine , and keep him dry for a few hours afterwards ....Ahh I noticed one had hurt it's one leg.View attachment 356404View attachment 356405View attachment 356406View attachment 356407
Will it heal? 2nd one also had thosethat looks to be either a bacterial or fungal infection ....i would paint it with betadine or chlorhexadine , and keep him dry for a few hours afterwards ....
TREATING SKIN PROBLEMS IN TURTLES
Is this shell rot? Can I put them in a reef tank(1.012 salinity) for few minutes for bath? Thinking of starting another thread as this one is getting too longabsolutely it can heal , i've seen way worse resolved ..... some random stuff i've used in the past , betadine , chlorhexadine, malachite green or acriflavine, those inhibit fungal and bacterial infections , and giving it a chance to dry up by dry docking them a couple hours a day ..... ive soaked them in aquarium fluconizole , also used aquarium doxycycline ..... i believe roofed turtles are tolerant of brackish water , a little aquarium salt in their tank i doubt would be harmful and may be beneficial if it's fungal ....... i did have a turtle that had a skin infection that outwardly looked way worse than your pic , she required systemic antibiotics as well as the chlorhexadine and dry docking .... she did well and is doing well 5-6yrs later .....