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sleeping turtle in a box under a warm blanket
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Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:12 amby rosies mum
Hi. My red eared slider lives in an indoor aquarium and I don't take her in and out of her tank, having read that res s don't like to be over handled. Yesterday I took her out and put her on a towel in a box to dry out so I could treat some white spots on her shell with betadine to avoid shell rot forming. I read that leaving her out of water and keeping her warm would help the treatment. I put an alpaca blanket over her and she slept happily for 8 hours. When I woke her and put her in the water she seemed disorientated and unhappy. Today I took her out again at 11am and she is snuggled happily in her blanket box fast asleep where she has been for 9 hours. I am hesitant to wake her but I don't want to cause her harm. Any advice would be welcome.
Re: sleeping turtle in a box under a warm blanket
Posted:
Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:44 amby Madly
Hi,
To you have heat lamp in the tank and UVA/UVB light and also basking area?
Picture of your RES indoor habitat would be good.
Re: sleeping turtle in a box under a warm blanket
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Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:47 pmby steve
How about taking her out at night for treatment and let her sleep in the box?
Re: sleeping turtle in a box under a warm blanket
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Wed Aug 13, 2014 8:50 pmby rosies mum
Hi thanks. I will do that. She has a heater and a uvb light and basking area, but she got the white shell spots a few weeks ago, when we went away for two weeks and her ramp had fallen. She wasn't able to get out of the water to dry off at all after the ramp fell. Just glad she won't come to any harm being out of the water that long each day. She is such a sweet placid girl.
Re: sleeping turtle in a box under a warm blanket
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Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:47 amby steve
What kind of spots? If it's fungus, Betadine won't really do much.
Re: sleeping turtle in a box under a warm blanket
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Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:03 amby Madly
Rosies mum can you please post a picture of your turtle's shell.