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RE: RES red irritation on belly(plastron

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Posted by: ktocanoneos at Thu Jul 17 15:14:59 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ktocanoneos ]  
   

She definitely gets stressed from visiting the vet and breathes heavy and won't sit still.
I normally have the temperature at 82 degrees especially since she's sick and I have a UVA bulb but I don't believe it emits UVB so I bought another one for UVB but it's too big so I haven't mounted it yet with my clamp lamp. I think the light should be raised before I plug that one in.
Do you know which ones have both UVA and UVB?
She basks very close to the light within reason but sometimes only in shallow water I was told that if the whole shell doesn't get dry that can cause issues. Someone suggested that she sit in a dry tank with the lamp and dock only to dry out her shell. I don't know if that would help, but I've been trying it.
As far as being her normal self, she's been eating and remains active as always. She's only a little lazy about eating when it's not her favorite food, she apparently prefers the sticks overall.
Do you think that simply basking with UVA and UVB would do it?
They said she has staphlococcus aureus. And prescribed an oral medication.


   

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