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Monday, June 24, 2013
1472. UPDATE: Red-eared slider with loose skin folds
A red-eared slider has loose skin folds
Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow), MRCVS Date:
24 June, 2013
EMAIL FROM DR SING
DATED JUN 19, 2013 Subject: Red-eared slider, male 8
years old, on Jun
19, 2013
Images of your
red-eared slider are
attached.
Pl accept my
condolences
EMAIL TO DR SING
DATED JUN 20, 2013
11:22
AM,...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Thank you very
much Doc, appreciate
it!
>
> Regards,
> R..
>
EMAIL FROM DR SING
DATED JUN 23, 2013
Pl come to collect
the urn.
Pl let me know more
information as your
terrapin of 8 years
of age looked in
excellent condition
and was presented
with great
difficulty in
breathing and
cyanotic tongue and
passed away soon
after arrival.
.
1. How long has the
terrapin not been
eating? Was it soon
after changing to
the new shrimp brand
2 months ago?
2. When did those
large swelling of
the skin appear?
They looked like
edematous folds and
if so, would be a
result of liver,
heart or kidney
failure.
3. Pl bring along
the shrimp food tub
and the older one so
that I can find out
what food was fed
and origin of source
of production.
4. Is your terrapin
housing a large
water tank with
filter and pump?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:50 AM, ...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Doc, >
> > My replies in blue: > > > 1. How long has the terrapin not been eating? Was it soon after changing to > the new shrimp brand 2 months ago? > We changed to the new brand 1 month ago and it was still eating quite > normally. And then it stopped eating for about 10 days, with very minimal > appetite and small bites in between, and eventually the last 2 few days not > being able to eat anything at all. > > > 2. When did those large swelling of the skin appear? They looked like > edematous folds and if so, would be a result of liver, heart or kidney > failure. > The swelling appeared in the time after it started to stop eating. Activity > is reduced. My mother also noticed at one time its shell top was swollen too > i.e. turned 'taller'.
2 days later the shell returned to normal but the body > swelling remained, and physical activity greatly reduced, seemingly to have > no strength in limbs to support and walk. A day later, it turned really bad > and that was the night when we called you. > > > 3. Pl bring along the shrimp food tub and the older one so that I can find > out what food was fed and origin of source of production. > - Old one: do not have the tubs anymore, photos attached.
> Past brands: > 1. http://inch-gold.com/page.asp?channel=Large-Arowana&productid=235 > 2. http://harvest-fish.com/navigation_fish_food/shrimp_tubifex.html > There were other brands it tried before too, and none gave any problem. > > Fed a few tubs of every brand before and it loves this, until this latest > one. Understand they are not tortoise feed but we tried feeding it with > pellets and vegetable before but it just didn't like anything else other > than those dried shrimps, and since those dried shrimps seem to be pretty > nutritious enough for him to grow over the years, we never changed its food > options. > > - New one: will bring it along when I go to the clinic, meanwhile photos as > attached too.
Thank you for detailed reply to enlighten me about the possible cause of death. It seems your pet knows what was wrong but being hungry, had to eat the food. Most likely, there were a combination of certain ingredients inside the new food causing her shell to swell, bloat and have fluid under her skin.
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