BornSlippy
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Hi there.
I have recently rescued a turtle from terrible conditions in a tropical fish shop. It's a terrestrial species that lives in humid damp conditions near water but not in it. it was being kept in a goldfish bowl with barely any room to move and in a few inches of dirty water. It's about 6-8" long.
It seems to have a respiratory condition as it shows several of the clinical signs in this link https://exoticpetvetblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/30/respiratory-conditions-in-reptiles. It's also shown no interest in food and does not move around much. It either keeps its head inside shell or out a little and listing to the side. My problem is that vets where I live (SE Asia) are not qualified to care for reps. They can barely manage to treat cats and dogs. The turtle is also quite rare so I can probably get into serious trouble for just having it. I have called around to a the few rescue centers (one that actually deals with turtles) and they couldn't help me. So my options are to try and treat it myself or to give it favorable conditions and hope it gets better on its own. However I fear it's already in a pretty bad way so I do think my only option is to try and treat it.
The one good thing is I have easy access to most drugs and I think I could probably get the antibiotics mentioned in the link I posted. Does anyone have experience in administering drugs to turtles and what about syringe feeding? Is this a possibility?
Thanks in advance.
I have recently rescued a turtle from terrible conditions in a tropical fish shop. It's a terrestrial species that lives in humid damp conditions near water but not in it. it was being kept in a goldfish bowl with barely any room to move and in a few inches of dirty water. It's about 6-8" long.
It seems to have a respiratory condition as it shows several of the clinical signs in this link https://exoticpetvetblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/30/respiratory-conditions-in-reptiles. It's also shown no interest in food and does not move around much. It either keeps its head inside shell or out a little and listing to the side. My problem is that vets where I live (SE Asia) are not qualified to care for reps. They can barely manage to treat cats and dogs. The turtle is also quite rare so I can probably get into serious trouble for just having it. I have called around to a the few rescue centers (one that actually deals with turtles) and they couldn't help me. So my options are to try and treat it myself or to give it favorable conditions and hope it gets better on its own. However I fear it's already in a pretty bad way so I do think my only option is to try and treat it.
The one good thing is I have easy access to most drugs and I think I could probably get the antibiotics mentioned in the link I posted. Does anyone have experience in administering drugs to turtles and what about syringe feeding? Is this a possibility?
Thanks in advance.