Also from today I have no job(corrona...), so vet bill becomes an issue . Good news that she is not bleeding today, didn't see any blood in throat also, she just looking weak overall. Should I try to squirt some food in mouth(have some large syringes)?
Local zoo said they don't take appointments now, 1 of 2 other options is on vacation, 1 place left to call tomorrow ... Turtle is way more lethargic than it was before(suppose from blood loss). Overall situation looks pretty grave for Onion.
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After new year my cooter stopped eating and became more passive than usual. Got worried, but calmed down as I found out that many turtles stop eating when winter comes. In past weeks shes more active, but still not eating. Also she's not stretching her neck out, only like half way max...
UPS(uninterruptible power supply) would definitely calm the nerves. Most likely you can get along without UPS, just thought of it, cause im going to get one for my aquarium. Recently had some issues with electricity, know that with ups nothing of my equipment will burn down.
Today Onion started to climb on water lettuce and few other places where she could not get on. I listened to my inner child and put her on platform every time she tried to climb up somewhere. And this time i guess it worked(usually inner child is not right about anything animal related). In 4th...
She still havent basked... Only thing different in water condition is lower ph ~6-6.5(from tannins in roots, mistakenly called them melanin in previous post) and more iron in water. Does anyone have some ideas why is she not coming out of water?
When i moved her to box she lived in for past few...
Its been two full weeks since Onion(ill stick to this, she dropped 1 more layer) is in new home. Theres some more work to be done but for now it looks like this. I didnt plan on putting her in so soon, but i needed more phosphates,nitrates,etc for plants to feed, so easiest way to raise all that...
https://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/hibernation-brumation.160549/ heres an article about it. My russian was also sleeping for last 2 days, just came out of her cave for 30 min at most, not eating at day 1 of sleeping, eating a little yesterday. But today shes more active than on average day. I...
It will take couple weeks i think. Ill try to beat her appetite with lots of light and some co2. From my observations with anubis bush it might be possible so i want to let plants to grow in a bit. Also i want shrimp and snail colonies to settle in. It might be just expensive, long munchies :D...
I have welded the square rods and water test will finally be in 2 days(this time for real;)). In first picture theres the old weld on the left and the new one on the right. It was not all like this, but its enough with one weld to fail :D.