fisers666
Member
Hello!
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. Today I mentioned some small amount of blood coming from mouth. I checked her mouth(as gently as I could), found nothing, as far as I could see. When I held her vertically, I could see blood slowly filling up the throat. Now its still bleeding , only mouth, nothing from nose ,except in moment i put her horizontal after checking her mouth. Blood seems like its mixed with saliva(turtles don't have saliva, right?).Going to vet next week and would like some suggestions what to tell vet and what should I watch out for? Also if anyone have similar experience I will be grateful if you can share.
Before she stopped eating she weighted 1380g , at mid March 1280g, before 3 days 1300g(did not see her eating ,also didn't see any blood).
Picture is taken after mouth checking when bleeding got worse.This amount of blood is from ~2-3h.
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. Today I mentioned some small amount of blood coming from mouth. I checked her mouth(as gently as I could), found nothing, as far as I could see. When I held her vertically, I could see blood slowly filling up the throat. Now its still bleeding , only mouth, nothing from nose ,except in moment i put her horizontal after checking her mouth. Blood seems like its mixed with saliva(turtles don't have saliva, right?).Going to vet next week and would like some suggestions what to tell vet and what should I watch out for? Also if anyone have similar experience I will be grateful if you can share.
Before she stopped eating she weighted 1380g , at mid March 1280g, before 3 days 1300g(did not see her eating ,also didn't see any blood).
Picture is taken after mouth checking when bleeding got worse.This amount of blood is from ~2-3h.