4067. An anorexic red-eared slider keeps paddling her hind legs in Sep 2022. What to do?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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29 NOV 2021

8 DEC 2021

5 JUN 2022

11 JUL 2022

12 SEP 2022

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13 NOV 2021. Paddling and anorexia. Advised in-patient. Stayed few days. X-ray. Sent home

as owner is worried. Ate at home.

 

 

 

29 NOV 2021. Paddling and anorexia. No big eggs in X-ray. Not eating pellets. Ate 3 cooked prawns.Some poo in water. Still paddling and anorexic. Why?

 

TANK TOO SMALL

 

 

3 Dec 2021. Back to normal.

 

 

 

 

8 DEC 2021.  Video. Grass exercise.  Paddling and don't eat. Has tendency to constipation.

 

 

1 JAN 2022. Back to normal.

 

 

25 JAN 2022. Paddling. No eggs laid. NEW tank. 

2 FEB 2022. HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR. No more paddling. Eats a lot.

 

 

5 JUN 2022. Normal. Eats a lot. No paddling. No UV light. Hailey water filter. Work from office, so outdoor grass exercise on weekends. Usually swim in water or walk around the house.

 

 

 

11 JUL 2022. Video. Hyperactive, Does not want to stay in water in tank. Paddling and anorexia for 1 week.  I advised outdoor exercises. She ate after exercises. No further complaint.

 

 

 

12 SEP 2022. Video. No more paddling. Eats a lot.
 

 

 

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MANAGEMENT - advices from Dr Sing Kong Yuen to stop leg paddling (2nd time) in Sep 2022.
Sep 2022: Red-eared slider. F, 3.5 years old. 3 kg

 

 

1. Bigger water tank with sufficient space to swim. Previous water tank was crammed.
2. Basking area is needed for red-eared sliders to dry out. She uses pink stool.
3. Water filtration. Hailea RP400 internal filter bought from pet shop on level 4 NEX mall
4. No UV lighting used in this case. Window sunlight. Morning or afternoon. 30-60 min.
5. Feeding of Nutrafin pellets. 100 per day.  No prawn or chicken meat as she will not eat pellets after that.
Multivitamin and calcium from Toa Payoh Vets smeared onto 5 pellets per day.
6. Outdoor grass land exercise and sunshine. Appetite is good after exercise.

 

12 SEP 2022. Video. No more paddling. Eats a lot.