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18-01-2008, 07:09 PM
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shell rot need help asap inc pictures
hi i need help asap i have been on another website and been told my turts shell rot they have give me some helpful hints but i cant find the treatment medicine that is needed (Nolvasan -clorahexidine)
   i have put some sea salt in the tank and changed the water i need to put a uva/uvb light in as i dont have one ,i do have a basking area for them and they do enjoy it very much ,they are eating very well and still very active I only found out they have shell rot as i posted these pics up on the web site as a proud owner of three healthy turts and wanted to find out what kind they are only to be told they are very sick  so i am posting pics for others to make sure theirs are ok any help would be great 
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18-01-2008, 07:15 PM
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Good grief I am not a turtle person, but these are fresh water species. Get them to a vet instead of messing about with salt and stuff. If they were tortoises I would say most likely septicaemia. Death will follow without specialised treatment if this is the case.
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18-01-2008, 07:16 PM
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ps - it's not shell rot!
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18-01-2008, 07:17 PM
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VET asap!
Good luck 
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18-01-2008, 07:18 PM
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and mixing species....?
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18-01-2008, 07:21 PM
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petshop told me they are fine to mix does anybody know of and good vets near burnley lancashire
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18-01-2008, 07:24 PM
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not used this vet myself, but i got this from the yahoo group vets_for_herps
Romain Pizzi,BVSc MSc (Wild Animal Health) MRCVS Veterinary Surgeon Mere Road Veterinary Surgery 24 Mere Road, Blackpool, FY3 9AT Herpetological Medicine & Surgery Exotics Consultant North Western Laboratories phone 01253 392984 fax 01253 393977. i'm sure someone will be along shortly though with actual experience with a vet reasonably local to you
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18-01-2008, 07:25 PM
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Sorry do not know of any vets. Try a google search.. reptile vets in lancashire - Google Search= Make sure they know about chelonia though!
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18-01-2008, 07:33 PM
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I am not a turtle person but this looks to me like a blood infection (septaceamia) and needs immediate veterinary treatment regardless of what it is. If it is an infection it will be treated with antibiotics. This looks very serious indeed. Try phoning your local vets and asking if they deal with turtles or if they can recommend, if they don't deal with them, they are likely to know someone who does.
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18-01-2008, 07:35 PM
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Pet shops know not a lot about exotic species - hence the problem now  There is an excellent exotics species in Preston, but do not know her number off the top of my head. Have a look in yellow pages and check out Preston numbers. I think her name is Saira or similar just in case you find a practise
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