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Dry Docking Concern

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Posted by: nolan34 at Sun Aug 30 07:46:55 2009  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by nolan34 ]  
   

On August 5th my 4 year old Slider Mikey received a tremendous neck wound. He had a large amount of skin on his right neck peeled back and away. I took him to a secondary vet as mine was not in. Mikey received a few sutures but there was too much damaged skin and he has a gap which is “filling in” he has a tape bandage around his neck with a blue self stick as well the vet says she does not want us to get it wet so since August 5th he has been dry docked and will not eat or drink, (expected from a water turtle).

Once a week he has been brought to the attending vet for a swim and feeding. He has been ignoring his reptomin food sticks while there so before he leaves he is tube fed. My wife and I have noticed he is very lethargic and has had considerable weight loss. We were informed he has lost 100grams since we brought him in. I am getting concerned that the constant dry docking and lack of food may lead to a larger health problem very quickly. The vet told us to stay the course but everything in the brain says something in wrong and he is dehydrating rapidly. I have tried to give him water through a medicine dropper but he will not open his mouth.

I am curious if anyone has had similar experiences with dry docking and can lend some advice. I am really close to saying forget the vet and dropping him in some water each day for piece of mind.

Thanks for reading
Rus


   

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