17 Dec 2020. MOUTH AND TAIL ULCERATIONS AND WHITE SPOTS IN A YOUNG RED-EARED SLIDER. Image 1/3
Young healthy red-eared sliders have good appetite. But this owner's two young ones stopped eating. One died two weeks ago. The other one is now an inpatient with Toa Payoh Vets.
You can see the generalised white spots on the carapace and plastron indicating shell rot. White spots are ulcerations of the shell, usually caused by bacterial infection.
Two ulcers in the right lip area and vent are painful. Hence the slider has stopped eating from 8 pellets a day to none. The slider
Treatment is by oral antibiotics and ensuring good quality water and hygiene. It will take a few days to heal the ulcers in the right lip commissure and vent.
Update at Video and blog:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2020/12/3943-2-month-old-red-eared-slider.html
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17 Dec 2020. The other sibling red-eared slider died 2 weeks ago. This slider stopped eating yesterday. Left lip commissure had a large necrotic wound. The vent had inflamed area as evident in the video.
This slider had been with the owner for 1.5 months as a hatchling but weighed only 10 g. It ate 8 pellets a day (4 feedings of 2 pellets/day into two broken halves), but had not grown much. The boyfriend had purchased a UV light 3 days ago, exposing it to 12 hours of lighting. Earlier, the left eye was closed and the slider was gasping.
So what was the cause of anorexia? Multiple causes. Poor husbandry like too much anti-chlorine drops, calcium block, insufficient basking space, immersion in the water for long hours leading to generalised shell rot on the carapace. Unclean fingers breaking the pellets into two halves as the slider could not eat the long pellet in one piece. No water filter. Changing of water every day as the slider did not eat in a separate place.
The left lip commissure necrosis was melting tissue and must be very painful to open to eat. Hence, the anorexia today.
The slider is warded at Toa Payoh Vets for treatment with antibiotic and shell rot treatment for the next 3 days.
Update at Video and blog:
Video 1. https://youtu.be/grdU2HtsOmk (consultation)
Video 2. 2 days after inpatient treatment, the slider ate and its mouth sore had reduced in size. Click below.
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https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2020/12/3943-2-month-old-red-eared-slider.html
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