Urgent Care :: Please help! Weird discoloration on neck

[thew175]

My turtle has some wierd discoloration on his neck. I think it might be an infection of some sort. The discolered part it raised a bit. She dosent like being out of the water as much as the other one. The other does not have any problems at all. I don't know if that will help at all. I will add a pic if some one will tell me how. Thank you for the help

[lydia_lady_fla]

stray will tell you how to add a pic. Im sure. untill then be reading the stickys they sure help alot. the picture will help us all see what u are seeing, where r these bumps? like side of the neck head foot? tell us about ur set up too oh and welcome to the board all the info and pics u can provide will help.

[thew175]

well they aren't "bumps," just slightly raised jelly looking like skin. They are on her neck. She has to strech it out though to be able to see it all the way. It is a small area that seems to be affected. Also about a week ago I noticed that on her leg there was a spot that looked similar but more like it was rotting. I was gone for a week and now when I look at it it looks as though it is healing.

[thew175]

This is a pic. of the turtles head

Thank you again for any help provided

[jenaero]

Looks like ear abcesses. Here's a link for info/treatment. Click and scroll down. http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/medeyes.htm He'll need a vet btw.

[marisa]

Hard to tell. When my RES positions his head a certain way, two areas stand out the way they do in the picture of yours, and I know they're not abcesses.

If you gently swab that brown area, does anything come off? You might try swabbing a weak solution of betadine on the area and letting it dry and seeing if that doesn't help. Since you said that he has something similar on his leg but it looks like it's rotting, though, I'd take him to a reptile vet, even though you did say it seemed to be healing.

How often do you change the water?

[lydia_lady_fla]

wondering here how close is the lighting? anyway he coulda gotten burned? check your temp. light and heater out just incase.

[thew175]

I really don't believe it is an ear abcesses, from the picstures I say on taht page. Are looking at the brownish colered skin above the red stripe. This is what I am worried about. I will try to find a vet in my area, but any assistance is helpful

[lydia_lady_fla]

still wondering if it got burned?

[thew175]

no I don't think so. The lighting is that way in the pic just because I out it close to get a good shot. Temp is ok in the basking are and the light is 't touch it. Plus it dosen't bask nearly as often as the other one does.

[steve]

my big female RES has a darker discoloration on her neck and it looks like a sticky purple-ish substance. but your picture looks like her shell behind her neck is also discolorated. did this happen suddenly? does the skin look like it's peeling?

[STRAYKINGFISHER]

I think it is just from when the turtle retracts its neck, from the rubbing against the shell's edge , at least that is what it looks like to me.

[thew175]

steve thank you for resoning. her skin on her neck is shedding and the shell underneth is a weird purple drown color as well, and yes and it did happen suddenly. do you know what it is?

[thew175]

Here is a pic of the coloration on the back of the shell.I guess more of a redish color.

not good clerity but you get the idea

[thew175]

Stray, when she retracks her neck the skin folds over that part before it would have time to touch the shell. So I don't think that is it.