Urgent Care :: dragging hindlegs

[samanta]

Female 3years old, 4.7 inches). It cannot use rear legs. It can only walks by the bottom and cannot swim. She dragging its hindlegs. It reacts normal. I think that my turtle is constipated(or impaction) or egg impaction.

[blackforces get you]

i dont think thats big enough to have eggs. has it ever had eggs before?

maybe it could be constipated too. if it does have eggs, just put it in some sol and let her settle

[samanta]

It never egs before. I have anothre turtle(male 4 inches, 2.5 years). They doing mating dance. How long turtles diging nest and laying eggs?

[samanta]

I take a radiograph and it is full of rocks!!!

[steve]

Sorry to hear it! Is she able to pass anything?

[samanta]

Vet tell me to keep water temperature at 85*F(29.5*C)

[samanta]

Last night it pass 8rocks but still do not use hindleggs

[Kemul]

Wow, could be a bad case of constipation because of rocks then.

Get rid of rocks with size equal or less than the turtle's head in your tank quickly!
Better yet, get rid of substrate from the tank.

Good luck for you and your turtle.

[samanta]

My turtle still fighting. So far it passed 11rocks. It has 1 more. It started to use hind legs(not all the time).

[bradmeisel]

yaay. I hope everything wqorks out.

[jozzep]

My turtle still fighting. So far it passed 11rocks. It has 1 more. It started to use hind legs(not all the time).

Are you taking the rocks out of the tank? Did you remove the gravel to prevent it from happening again?

[samanta]

My turtle still fighting. So far it passed 11rocks. It has 1 more. It started to use hind legs(not all the time).

Are you taking the rocks out of the tank? Did you remove the gravel to prevent it from happening again?

I removed all rocks from tank

[gwennie]

Poor thing

I hope that your turtle is able to pass the last rock...and that there's no permanent damage from this.

Good thing you got an xray done!