Urgent Care :: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!URGENT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrScratchTheRES]

SO scratch was out playing around my apartment and I decided to let him play in the bath tub...... I filled it up and let him swim around he seemed to be enjoying it untill he climbed himself out and took a pretty hevy fall!!!!
I noticed a small trail of blood from his mouth and got scared after so closer inspection and a few bitten q-tips It appears he fell and bit his tounge. I removed several bb sized clots of blood from his mouth and have continued to q tip off the mouth and use a flashlight to inspect him I'm not sure if it is a tounge ise and haven't returned him to the water since.... A vet visit is planned for tommorro... any sugestions in the mean time??????

[jenaero]

Just make sure the water is warm and clean. Has it stopped bleeding?

[marisa]

What does the tongue look like? I'm wondering how he bit his tongue, since their tounge are fixed. Are you sure the blood isn't from somewhere else? Is any more coming out?

[MrScratchTheRES]

It has stopped bleeding.. it wasn't a consistant blood stream ... I just noticed a red tint to his lips so I used a q tip and a little aggervation to get him to open his mouth and there was a small{bb sized clot} on his tounge i brushed it out with a clean q-tip and cleaned it with a second one wet with distilled water it appeared under the clot there a cut on the side of his tounge closer to the hindge of his mouth... I checked it this morning and there was no trace of blood and he appeared active and as usuall basking the morning away... SO do you think a vet visit is needed??

[MrScratchTheRES]

also I had read priviously that bathtub play is not recommended because of human deposits on the tub itself and soap residue and the sort so I don't think I will be usuing it again... just to save myself the lecture from you guy's... lol.

[missibsu]

Good choice, lol.

[MrScratchTheRES]

Well I went to the vet today and he seemed to think that scratch some how bit his tounge!!! so he checked out the wound and cleaned it with something and gave him a shot to help prevent infection....SO I guess he'll be ok!!!

[Shavannah]

Good to hear! Hope he's all healed up soon! The bathtub sounded fun...I guess not, lol.

[MrScratchTheRES]

he did enjoy swimming around in it.. I have one of thoose spa style tub's with the jets and such.. So it was a pretty large deep little pond for an hour or so.. it just has to easy of an area to climb out of!!! oh well.. guess I'll just have to buy him a pond sized tub like that @ some point... I was thinking about these preformed ponds they sell at home depot and the such.. And usuing it like a tank?? whatcha think??

[Shavannah]

Use the search bar to locate posts on preformed ponds. There's a lot of info (and pics) of others who use them. They look really nice. If it's indoors, it's on the floor, though, and you won't be able to view the turtle like you can in a glass tank. They are very neat though, when set up correctly and nicely decorated.