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Hi everyone,
I need your collective expertise to help me out. I took in this little gal last night who needs some TLC. She’s between 3-5 years old. For the past year she was kept in a 20 gallon fish tank kept at 90F and fed only meal worms. She had a small bowl of water. To add insult to injury, she was kept on ‘pet store sand’ and the dyes leached into her skin and shell. Her skin and edges of her shell are tinted red. Considering how she was kept for the past year she’s in pretty good condition. She’s feisty and raring to go. I think she wants to run as far as she can from where she was being kept!
My biggest concern is what appears to be a respiratory infection that has covered her nostrils, see pic #3. A flexible pocket of pus has formed over her nostrils and she can barely breathe. I gave her a nice warm bath last night and worked at the covering for a bit. I was able to uncover ½ a nostril. I think I’ll continue on this path unless anyone can recommend another course of action.
Additionally, I need a definitive classification (see first 2 pics), I’m thinking Ornata, what do you all think?
Thanks in advance for the help.
I need your collective expertise to help me out. I took in this little gal last night who needs some TLC. She’s between 3-5 years old. For the past year she was kept in a 20 gallon fish tank kept at 90F and fed only meal worms. She had a small bowl of water. To add insult to injury, she was kept on ‘pet store sand’ and the dyes leached into her skin and shell. Her skin and edges of her shell are tinted red. Considering how she was kept for the past year she’s in pretty good condition. She’s feisty and raring to go. I think she wants to run as far as she can from where she was being kept!
My biggest concern is what appears to be a respiratory infection that has covered her nostrils, see pic #3. A flexible pocket of pus has formed over her nostrils and she can barely breathe. I gave her a nice warm bath last night and worked at the covering for a bit. I was able to uncover ½ a nostril. I think I’ll continue on this path unless anyone can recommend another course of action.
Additionally, I need a definitive classification (see first 2 pics), I’m thinking Ornata, what do you all think?
Thanks in advance for the help.
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