3293. A 10-year-old red-eared slider stopped eating pellets.

Eats only pellets, but for the past 1 week, she stopped eating. Pale tongue and oral mucosa and bad breath are signs of stomatitis. I could smell a fishy odour from the mouth on closer examination of this 10-year-old female slider.

Pale tongue, whitish floor of mouth, bad breath

Inflamed hard palate?

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DAY 1. CONSULTATION
Not eating any pellet for around one week. This slider eats only pellets. No other food.

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DAY 3. INPATIENT. OWNER WANTS HER HOME BY DAY 3.
Ate 2 pellets. Owner does not want X-rays yet. X-rays can reveal egg problems, constipation or foreign bodies and gas in the intestines.

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