General Care Discussion

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:25 am

Good luck at the vet! I hope he'll be okay.

I read through and I don't think anyone's said this yet.....so maybe it's not necessary afterall, but should he seperate the turtles? I think there are 2, right cheech?

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 11:46 am

yes, there's two of them...

I couldn't find an appointment today and tomorrow I'm working...

Guess Chong's gonna have to wait until Monday...

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 1:40 pm

Good luck,
monday is only 3days away, so your turt should be o.k.
i hope your turt will be o.k.
we all do!

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 1:43 pm

I had a feeling it might be a tapeworm

but didn't want to say anything without a picture.

Since you've got two turtles and they weren't separated, it would be a good idea to bring them both in to be checked. Also bring in stool samples of each.

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 3:46 pm

marisa wrote:I had a feeling it might be a tapeworm but didn't want to say anything without a picture.

Since you've got two turtles and they weren't separated, it would be a good idea to bring them both in to be checked. Also bring in stool samples of each.

yeah, they already told me to bring them both in, they will both get treatment...

on a happier note, later today I'm meeting a woman who's selling a 29 gallon tank for $20... so C&C are getting quite the upgrade...

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 4:29 pm

That looks like a tape worm she needs to go to the vet

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 6:40 pm

Good luck. This wasn't caused by anything you did. It was those @x!?/% people who had them before - didn't feed the turtles right or keep things clean.

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 6:43 pm

SpotsMama wrote:Good luck. This wasn't caused by anything you did. It was those @x!?/% people who had them before - didn't feed the turtles right or keep things clean.

...Whoa, spotsmama..never thought I would hear something like that come out of you, :wink:

And cheech, good luck at the vet - I hope that your turtles get better.

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 6:46 pm

So sorry. Didn't mean to be rude. It just gets to me sometimes when people who buy these little turtles in good faith and get so attached to them have to pay the consequences for the carelessness of the ones that came before. Doesn't seem fair.

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 6:56 pm

No need to be sorry.. :wink:

And yes it gets me realy upset too. Luckily cheech and chong have their owner who is willing to get them treated

Not every turtle is lucky, you know..

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 7:15 pm

One of my hatchlings died because of poor conditions they were in before. The good vet told me it was amazing that we saved 2 of 3! They were all sick when we got them.

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 7:27 pm

just moved them to their new big [---] tank...

they look pretty happy...

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 7:32 pm

I can't recall if it's already been mentioned, but you'll probably need to go through some sort of steralization process with your tank to make sure your turtles don't get re-infected after they've been treated. Why don't you ask the vet about it.

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 8:28 pm

There was someone who purchased a sick turtle on this forum and the store agreed to pay all the vet bills. It wouldn't hurt to bring this to their attention.

Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 1:21 pm

YES! GO SPOTS MAMA!!!

I think Im wearing off on you.... :twisted:

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