Urgent Care

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:53 pm **Swollen bite**

I have two RES. One of them becam every aggressive and bit the other onthe neck, It was bad, he didn't want to let go. We've since separated the. The neck on the one that was bit is swollen, mostly where he was bitten, I don't think he can move his head much, or he doesn't want to b/c it's painful. Is it infected? What can I do? :cry:

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:56 pm

Wow, thats horrible, take him to a herp vet immediately.

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:53 pm

$crewHead wrote:Wow, thats horrible, take him to a herp vet immediately.

+1 Get the poor guy/gal to a vet

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:48 am

well is it bleeding? you can try betadine on the bite to prevent infection

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:22 am

Take the injured turtle out of water. Clean the area with diluted betadine or diluted chlorhexidine and apply some neosproin. And as soon as you can, get your turtle to a vet:

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=370

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:09 pm

Is there any bleeding? If so, after treating the wound, it would be good to keep the turtle out of the water for a while.

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