My son has two Painted Turtles that he has had for about two years. The larger of the two has a bump on the side of its head that is very slowly getting larger. It is not discolored in any way and it doesn't seem to interfere with its ability to eat. Does anyone have an idea of what it might be and what might be done to treat it? Thank you.
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Painted Turtle problem
Bluejacket
Mar 16, 2005 07:16 PM
Replies (3)
honuman
Mar 16, 2005 09:45 PM
Sounds like an ear abscess. You need to take it to a vet for treatment. It will continue to get larger and become quite painful for the turtle. You can't treat this on your own you do need a vet to do it.
Bluejacket
Mar 16, 2005 10:43 PM
Thanks for the reply honuman. Now I just need to find a vet that will treat turtles.
honuman
Mar 18, 2005 03:25 PM
http://nytts.org/nytts/helpnet.htm#NY
Scroll to the top of this site and pick you state. You may find one near you.
Good Luck
