Urgent Care :: HELP!! My baby tail's has been eaten.. - Update 13 June

[Diamondbacks4Life]

Good Luck!

[munkly]

azfar yr doing a great job! lucky turtle to have such a good keeper like u he looks much better now ... lets just hope his pain goes away and he heals asap! .... do update when u take to vet

[Azfar]

Update 20 May 2009

I had a great time visit the vet! The vet is so kind and friendly.
He retired from being zoo vet about a year ago and he's now an associate
professor at my university before Haha.. I didn't know dat in my university
have veterinar faculty. So being a lecturer/professor, he didn't treat
my turtle! BUT he TEACH me what a procedures taken and to treats my turtle
Hoho.. so I spend 2 hours 'class' with him! haha.. But its okay. I'm ok
with it though I'm not a medic student but I willing to learn new thing.

To cut the long chit chat story.. hehe.. First, I was ask to prepare the
Potassium Permanganate solutions and soak the turtle about 20 minutes.
In the meantime waiting, the vet ask me to tell about myself and gives
simple background of what kind turtle I have and tell what happen to
the turtles.

I bring along my baby partner (as I have 2 baby YBS) incase to show the
vet if he/she also got infection from the incident as the blood
was spread in the basking spot dat time. Therefore I want to show the
vet that on the baby head has one white spot. Im not sure what it is and
I tot it was warts and I peel it, cuz it looks like a scab dat can peel
off. Then vet said that was abscess! but the abscess has slow
down and shrink, sign of healing.. huh.. Thank GOd the baby in good condition.

After 20 minutes soaking, the vet check the wound and he glad the wound
not dat worst and clean it. He put some cream to it. He also ask me how
I want to give my turtles medicine, by shot or orally. I choose orally.
I don't want my baby turtle injected as he still small and because
I've experienced before this where my first turtle die 3 days after
vet visit. That was 2 years ago.

So the vet teach me how to feed medicine orally to the baby. He hold
the baby straight up and push the hind legs, as the baby push back the
leg, he mouth tends to open (like hissing) and he drops 2 3 fluid (it is
medicine to boost the turtle immune system and increase the appetite)
So I have new knowledge how to feed turtle with medicine.

Before I leave the clinics, he gaves me few articles to read. It is a
how to take care reptiles and wildlife. He such a great vet! He didn't
charge me anything at all and now Im proud being turtle owner~! I hope
my turtles will be fine and happy the rest of their life~!

[Kemul]

Oh man... You're one lucky turtle owner, Azfar! And thanks a lot for sharing
the tips you got from your vet/professor

[Azfar]

THank you Kemul. My baby are doing great~!

[munkly]

am sooooooooooo happy fr u nd yr turtle azfar ... and thanks fr sharing tht info its very useful ... hopefully the turtle will b in good shape in no time keep updating ^^

[Azfar]

Owhh yeeahh.. thanks Munkly~~!..I hope your KEechu doing fine too.. How is she ha? Long time no hear about your turtle.. hehe

[novroz]

what a nice Vet...I wish Kame's vet was that nice.

[imderanged]

I'm so glad you found such a helpful vet. Between you and him, it sounds like the baby is in good hands!

[Azfar]

Novroz - I hope Kame's vet will be nice person too!

Imderanged - Thank you!

[munkly]

hey azfar glad to hear abt yr turtle! ... my wishes r with yr turtle ... nd keechu is very happy i just bought cuttle bone fr him today which was available at a new mall here nd keechu seems to b enjoyin with the bone tryin to eat it ^^ ... ill update u on keechu just waiting fr INTERNET

[bradmeisel]

i am so glad it seems to be working out. Good Luck ... your turtle is very lucky to have an owner like you.

[jameshermanto]

after finish my exam test, finally i can open this website again, and shock, azfar post something. and i read, HAH! i keep read, to 1 page, 2 page, 3 page. and thx God your baby seems ok now~ ah... well sorry i didnt sign in for long long time, i have a big nightmare test, and now done ^___^. well i just want to rehoming my turtle to you azfar, you really a good owner!!!!!!

[Azfar]

Munkly ~ Thank you for your compliments.. Heh.. aww.. so bad you still didn't get your internet.. when? when? Make sure don't forget to take off the hard backing of the cuttlebone before you give to Keechu ok.

Bradmeisel ~ Yeah.. so far so good Owh I saw new behaviour from my turtles yesterday.. he didn't like the medication solution.. after 15 minutes, he will make clicking sound and some bubbles in the water.. haha.. then I know he ask me to put him in his tank.

JamesHermanto ~ Oh thats why I didn't see you lately, I just thought you must be so busy doing homework or havin exam.. Thank you thank you so much for your concern and compliments

Which turtle you want to rehoming to me? Hahaha.. give me the most cutest one ok.. hihi.. You also a great owner! Everyone in here are great owner to their turtles too!

[munkly]

hardbacking on cuttle bone? i dont understand ...this was chewing bone was very thin just like a pencil but half the size of one pencil .. i just broke a little top edge of it nd toss it in water! ... and keechu went crazy all night didnt sleep and wz eating the chewing bone LOL! and seemed soooooooooo happy nd hyper! all the time he was after tht bone nd playin with it ... if any tips regarding the bone do lemme knw i think on monday i will hv my internet hopefully ill send u pics of the bone then