3304. INTERN******VIDEO PRODUCTION. How to treat a red-eared slider who has great difficulty laying eggs? OXYTOCIN

An enactment based on a true story.  You will need to prepare a script to create the video. Let me have the script. A script has 2 columns. Left column has the text. Right column to state what images, illustrations, video footage you would insert. Start with the case on May 2, 2020 and flash back.

The angle is that Oxytocin injection given at the appropriate time, will be effective in contracting the uterus to lay eggs. If there is a delay for several days, it will be ineffective. This is illustrated in the 3 cases of oxytocin injections given when the owner needed the injections!

Timeline and why it needed injection to be tabulated.

SEE EXAMPLE OF A FINAL VIDEO DONE BY AN INTERN

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Always start with a HOOK in movie production.


"My red-eared slider digged holes in the soil yesterday," the lady had brought the slider to the playground where there was soil." But no eggs were laid. "She also tried to dig the floor tiles at home. I know this behaviour is a prelude to egg laying and since no eggs were laid for the past 2 days, I have to bring her to Toa Payoh Vets for injections."

Use the following footage: Edit it - consultation with the vet - Hook will be about 1 minute. You can add images or slides as well, as the video may not have appropriate footage. Ask clinic for a photo of the oxytocin bottle.


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Jan 9, 2019. Red-eared slider, F, 7 yrs, 1.9kg. Well fed with shrimps, fish, pellets.

Nov 2018.  X-ray showed 5 eggs. Eggs seen in right and left oviducts.  Laid 2 eggs.

Jan 9, 2019. Today, the slider laid 3 eggs on the ground of the vet clinic before X-rays were taken.  The  X-ray showed 5 eggs.

Right oviduct only. The owner has the option of induction of egg laying or let the slider lay eggs naturally at home in the water.

The owner changed her mind about natural egg laying. Requested the oxytocin and calcium injection. Within 2 hours, the slider laid 5 eggs.










BACKGROUND  Singapore is a small country with bright sunshine and blue sky weather most of the year. Many tourists love to visit Singapore to see the sights and appreciate the cultures.  Around 80% of the 5 million people live in apartments. This slider lived in a high rise and had to lay eggs on soil. So, the owner had to get her to the soil in time. 

Singapore's financial district

Singapore has a bright sunshine blue sky weather most of the year

Singapore apartments

The slider had been X-rayed 11 days ago and and had 5 eggs. The owner did not want any injection to stimulate her uterine contractions to lay the eggs. But now, without the injections, the slider would suffer and may die from egg binding. So the owner decided to have the injections. .


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Title - DYSTOCIA   A red-eared slider has difficulty laying eggs sometimes. What to do?

Oxytocin at the correct dosage is an effective drug to contract the uterus to expel the eggs. 

APRIL 9, 2019

5 eggs were laid at Toa Payoh Vets. The owner went home happily. Surprise! She laid 7 eggs at home.

This is the X RAY ON APR 9, 2019 (11 DAYS AGO). The vet did not take the latest X-rays as this will incur additional medical costs. As the slider laid 12 eggs, this means that 7 additional eggs were formed after April 9, 2019. The slider had great difficulty laying the eggs, having dug 8 holes in the soil without any eggs laid. Hence oxytocin was needed and helped solved the difficulty in egg laying (dystocia).  

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CONCLUSION

Prompt oxytocin injection during dystocia in April 2019 was effective if the dosage is in sufficient amounts. Some reports advise 5-10 IU oxytocin per kg bodyweight.

CASE 1.  RED-EARED SLIDER, F, 7 YRS had 2 episodes of dystocia

APR 2019 DYSTOCIA. Report given above.
This slider weighed 2 kg. She was injected with 20 IU oxytocin. This is equivalent to 10 IU/kg. She produced the first egg within 40 minutes. She laid 12 eggs.

JAN 2019 DYSTOCIA
During her first dystocia in January 2019, a similar dosage was successful. She laid 2 eggs naturally some 4 weeks later.

CASE 2. Red-eared slider, F, 16 years. Effective treatment using Oxytocin 10 IU/kg

Case 3. Covid-19 lockdown affecting the access to the venue to lay eggs. So, needed oxytocin injection the next day at Toa Payoh Vets. See: 


https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2020/05/4123-red-eared-slider-lays-eggs-around.html

TIPS.
All owners want results

Vets need to give the effective dosage of oxytocin injection.
Some vets may think that the lower dosage will be in the interest of the slider.
It may not be effective and the owner may lose confidence in the practice.     

In this 6-year-old red-eared slider, the slider behaved abnormally in that she still wanted to go to the garden to lay eggs. I had followed up on this case.

"In the past 2 injections, she would regain her appetite around 3 days after the injection," the owner said. "But it is now past 7 days. She does not want to eat by herself and is restless. She makes noises and went to the main door wanting to go out. Do you think there are more eggs not visible in the X-ray?"

"Unless the eggs are soft-shelled, all the 9 eggs seen in the X-ray have had been passed out."
"Did she pass greenish discharge in the past 7 days?"
"Yes," the owner replied. "I saw some greenish discharge in the water. It was not seen previously." re

















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 Email to Dr Sing dated Sat Apr 20, 2019
Apr 20, 2019

EMAIL TO DR SING

Dear Dr Sing 

We went back about 5pm and since you administered the injection she had laid 5 eggs. As we were travelling home she laid one egg in the car. 

When my wife reached home about 5.45pm she laid another 2 eggs. We went out and when my son reached home, he found 4 eggs in the plastic box (filled with water) around 6.45pm. 

In total she laid 12 eggs. Is it possible for her to form another 7 eggs in 11 days? 

She is very tired and now sleeping.   We are monitoring her closely if more eggs 🥚 to come. 

Please contact my wife for any clarifications.

Thank you. 

Best regards
Name of owner

REPLY FROM DR SING

This case study shows that the egg shells of the extra 7 eggs have had formed over the last 11 days. This red-eared slider is 7 years old and weights 2 kg.

To stimulate uterine contraction, the oxytocin given was 5 IU (0.5ml) by IM and 10 IU (1.0ml) by SC. Calcium injection (Theracalcium) was 0.2 ml IM. This combination dosage was effective this time and in January 2019 when this slider had 5 eggs.