3043. A carnivorous 20-year-old male red-eared slider has a painful fishy-smelly armpit

Feb 7, 2017

Day 2 of hospitalisation.
Necrotic abscessed tissues under the right armpit.

Fishy smell from a swelling in the right shoulder area. The slider could not swim properly with the
right arm.

DAY 1









Dr Daniel incised the swelling. Cheesy pus drained out partly. More inside the armpit was curretted out on Day 2.

DAY 2





 

 

DAY 3. Armpit wound is healing well after antibiotic injections SC Baytril 0.2 + Pred 0.01 ml in back limb on Day 1 and Day 2.










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