General Care Discussion :: Pink belly is acting funny.

[joeybsmooth]

I have a pink belly side neck and he is acting a little funny. Like not moving a lot and always hiding. He lose have white marks on his limbs. I looked at pictures of older pink bellies and saw when they were fully grown parts od there limbs were right so I am not sure if I should worry are not.

PS: My cam can not pic up anything like spots on my turtle.

[SpotsMama]

Hi Joey, I can't quite tell what your question is. I do get the part about not moving and hiding a lot. Sounds like lethargy. Lethargy just means lacking energy or acting tired or sleepy. It can be caused by a turtle that's too cool or a turtle that doesn't feel good, or sometimes turtles slow down at the onset of winter (not all turtles seem to do this, but some do). If your guy has been acting lethargic for only a day or two, and doesn't have any more symptoms, then it's probably nothing to worry about.

What are the water and basking temps like? If they are too cool, try raising them see if that doesn't perk him up.

If he doesn't get back to normal in a couple of days, or if he starts showing more symptoms (poor appetite, swollen or irritated eyes, breathing with the mouth open or frequent yawning, mucus around the mouth or nose, difficulty submerging or swimming lopsided) then you'll want to get him to the doctor right away.

But like I said, can't quite tell what you're trying to say about the white marks and their limbs.

[joeybsmooth]

He is acting normal now. I don't know why. The white limbs I can not dscibe better , I have been looking for a camera to take better turtle pics lol.

[untsmurf]

Can you get a pic of him at all, we were looking into getting one of these guys. How long have you had him?

[joeybsmooth]

few weeks I will try to talk a picture of him .

[joeybsmooth]

On the pictures you can notice the water marks I talked about.[/list]

[RESnTX]

Oh how I love pink bellies. I hope yours is ok.

[SpotsMama]

Here's a page with a bunch of photos of pink bellies. (on here they are called red bellied short necks but I think it's the same species as yours, isn't it?) Sometimes it looks like they have white markings and sometimes not. Hope this helps:

http://www.chelonia.org/emydura_gallery.htm

[joeybsmooth]

RESnTX- Thanks , I hope he is ok too .

Mama-Thanks that helps be out a lot. When I see some with white arms . But I am still wondering about that dot on his shell I guess it is nothing to spaz out about.

[SpotsMama]

That dot on his shell may be a different matter. White on a shell can be a scar, fungus, shedding scutes. Watch it and if it appears to be spreading, you might need to treat it for fungus.

[joeybsmooth]

My dock fell ,and I looked at him than and everything seemed to be ok , but a few days later that popped up on him.