Turtle gulping/biting, possibly something stuck in throat
Posted:
Sun Aug 05, 2018 7:46 pmby Mimyr
I have a 2" RES that's been frequently gulping/biting without there being any food around, almost as if it has something stuck in its throat. Occasionally it tries to claw at its face too while it does this. I've tried looking in its mouth, but it's so small that I can't really see anything. This has been going on just today. It's eating and behaving normally otherwise however.
Is this something to be concerned about? If a vet is needed, how long should I wait to see if the problem resolves itself?
Re: Turtle gulping/biting, possibly something stuck in throa
Posted:
Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:52 pmby steve
It's hard to say... is there anything in the tank that it could have eaten?
Re: Turtle gulping/biting, possibly something stuck in throa
Posted:
Mon Aug 06, 2018 4:22 pmby Mimyr
steve wrote:It's hard to say... is there anything in the tank that it could have eaten?
Can't imagine what. We have a few rocks in there but they're all far too large to swallow. Maybe it got a bit of shrimp carapace stuck. We've been feeding them shrimp occasionally, and this turtle does have a tendency to try to just swallow things in one bite rather than chewing/ripping them into more manageable pieces first.
Re: Turtle gulping/biting, possibly something stuck in throa
Posted:
Mon Aug 06, 2018 10:23 pmby steve
How long have you had it and how long has it been doing that?
Re: Turtle gulping/biting, possibly something stuck in throa
Posted:
Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:58 pmby Mimyr
steve wrote:How long have you had it and how long has it been doing that?
It seems to have stopped after the first day actually... Had them for around 9 months now.
Re: Turtle gulping/biting, possibly something stuck in throa
Posted:
Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:50 pmby steve
OK, hopefully it was nothing
