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[madmax1]

You might want to look into Dr. Mark Salemi

http://www.nahnyc.com/vets.htm

Hi steve i was on my way home from work in n.y. take the staten island ferry and to my suprise there was a woman there from chinatown selling res turtles so i rescued one--- wanted to take them all--- but i dont have that kind of room or means to take care of them all -- i added him to the tank after a couple of days with my pastel slider-- wich was a mistake i think because a day or to later my turts eyes were in pretty bad shape

Today july 23rd i came home from work and there eyes were realy puffy and shut I took your advice and brought my turtles to the vet you recomended Northside animal hospital--and i saw DR.Borzio who works with DR. mark Salemi and was given some great care and advice-- I was given VETRO-GEN wich is gentamicin sulfate ointment and given some over the counter viteman A&D ointment to be given twice a day until eyes clear Said weight was good for both hatchlings did not give sample of stool because you must just assume they have salmonella any way to be safe so why test. also to keep my water at 85 to 86 degrees
turtles should be fine in a a few days i hope
Thank you for your help I will keep you posted

[marisa]

The water temp sounds a little high to me, but if that's what the vet said...

Hope they recover soon.

[madmax1]

The water temp sounds a little high to me, but if that's what the vet said...

Hope they recover soon.

my turtles are doing much better been giving them there meds. there eyes are getting much better almost back to normal they are eating very well and basking just fine been a tough three days i also been feeding them in a seperate tub witch i use there warm water from there tank and replace the water in tank with fresh water keep feeding tub out side in sun seems to be realy helping them my water stays at around 82 84 degrees

i think they are going to be fine!! i will post some pictures of the two soon.

[DavidY]

That's great news! Glad to hear they're doing better.

[SpotsMama]

I'm happy to hear they're doing better! I look forward to the pictures.

By the way, when you have a stool sample tested, it's not for salmanella, it's for internal parasites - mostly worms. They're pretty common in turtles. If a turtle is eating normally but fails to grow or grows too slowly, then you think of internal parasites. Just something for furture reference...

[marisa]

Good to hear they're recovering. The 82-84F water temp is better.

[madmax1]

I'm happy to hear they're doing better! I look forward to the pictures.

By the way, when you have a stool sample tested, it's not for salmanella, it's for internal parasites - mostly worms. They're pretty common in turtles. If a turtle is eating normally but fails to grow or grows too slowly, then you think of internal parasites. Just something for furture reference...

thanks for the info i will have there stool sample checked out next visit to vet .

[madmax1]

ok! i havent posted for a while-- My turtles are doing realy great--littledude is my pastel res and crush is my res from chinatown they both are eating very well my guys ate 1 live cricket each today for the first time-- I also put some live fresh Anacharis plants in tank wich they like to hang out in didnt seem to eat any yet also added a small peice of cuttle bone thay are very active and seem to get excited when i aproach the tank they finaly settled in there tank --just ordered a 180 gallon tank and stand-- need some advice on large filtration== i am no longer going to post in URGANT CARE anymore my guys made it !! I would like to thank every one for there advice and help will see you all in equipment review and discussion THANKS !! HOPEFULY WONT BE BACK HERE FOR A WHILE TO URGANT CARE FOR MY GUYS will come to try to help others and learn form all this usefull information

[Safdar]

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[DavidY]

Glad to hear that you turtles made it through and are doing better. Are you feeding them any pellet food? Crickets really don't have much nutritional value. A 180gal tank sounds awesome!

[Kallistos]

there was a woman there from chinatown selling res turtles so i rescued one

Not to sound rude, but when you buy that one RES from that woman you're putting another 2 RES into that horrible situation.

[industrial_girl_2000]

I just got a chance to read thru this thread today.

While I was on vacation, I got a message thru my froggyfriends board from a guy wanting to know more about turtles & somehow that [name removed] site was mentioned. I immediately warned him not to deal with those people because they are rude & treat their animals cruelly. He wanted to know more details & since I was on a cruise ship getting charged 55 cents/minute for internet time & didn't feel like typing for 2 hours straight, I sent him over here. Hopefully he got here & was able to read some of the dangers of dealing with [name removed] site.

Thanks again to everyone who posted about [name removed]....you make my job a lot easier!!!

[madmax1]

glad this is helping