Urgent Care :: turtle vomiting

[manucanuck]

I've had my turtle for over 8 months now and it's been absolutely fine until just now! When i tried to feed it it wouldn't eat, then i thought it's normal it might take a bit of time but just when i started leaving the room it opened its mouth and some indigested food came out (might've been the food from last night!), the poor thing threw up for over 30 seconds and it shivered a bit in the end. I then switched it to another tank whilst i clean the first one, but it's now swimming and climing up and down just like what it used to do. I'd like to take it to the doc but it's now 8PM over here in Hong Kong and i wouldn't be able to do so tomorrow morning as i need to go to work.

Is it gonna be fine for the next 24 hours?
by the way mine's a Chinese Striped-neck Turtle, about a year old now. It's been kept in warm water (around 28 degrees celcius) with a regulator. I've got actually 5 turtles (4 Chinese Striped-neck Turtle, 1 mississippi map turtle) in a 10''x30''x40'' tank with around 5 L of water. They'd been eating off a brand called 'sera raffy baby gran' but we've changed to zoo-med natural aquatic turtle food 3 months ago. We'll feed them twice a day, in the morning and evening, with around half a tea spoon (in total).

help please?

[missibsu]

I'm not familiar with this type of turtle, so I hesitate to offer advice. If he is swimming as normal after all of that I would just keep an eye on him. Did you leave him separated after the incident or return him to the tank with the others? I would leave him separate just in case he has something that could be spread to the others. Please give us an update after you take him to the vet.

[regalesse]

keep a close eye on him. but i think you are right in bringing it to the vet as soon as you can get it there.

[floydster]

My RES sometimes do this if they've eaten too much too quickly. I've never seen a turtle shivering though, what exactly did it do?

Floydster

[manucanuck]

vet said he just ate too fast, and it's now eating off the old brand ONLY cute little thing

[worldpeace]

The best thing you can do is separate the sick turtle from the other ones and be on the lookout for any other unusual behavior.

You said that you have 5 turtles in 5 L of water. Was that a typo? If not, you should really read the info on the main site for how to properly care for turtles.