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Katrina
at Fri Dec 14 23:29:50 2007 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Katrina ]
I'd recommend an x-ray just to be on the safe side.
I once took in a male RES that was almost vertical in the water from one side to the other. He was healthy in every other way, and had a fantastic appetite, but it made it hard for him to live a normal life. An x-ray showed fluid on one side of the lungs, and he never responded to antibiotics. I decided on euthanasia because it would have been too hard to place a potentially contagious, special needs turtle. A gross necropsy showed deep pockets of infection in one lung. It would have been impossible to find which antibiotic, if any, would have worked without a biopsy when the turtle was alive, and I couldn't have afforded that. Lesson? Find the problem early - get an x-ray to ease your mind.
Katrina
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