steve wrote:With carbon, I just change it when I clean out the filter. So it can be one or two months. You can prefilter the water with carbon if you want to stretch the replacement schedule. Parasites in the blood is weird, to be honest I've never heard of such a thing. Did they tell you what kind?
Yes, parasites can be transmitted, but I'm not familiar with the kind your turtle has. I would be more careful with the separate tanks until this is sorted out.
Sadly, one of the best ways to get a corporate response these days is through social media but it does work quite well.
I appreciate the feedback. I asked to have her medical report sent to me to investigate myself, which you can see below. Redacted contact info, etc. just for privacy reasons. I'm going to reach out to the vet and the company that handled the blood work to see if I can't get more information.
The relevant bit:
...Several erythrocytes contain a single, sizable (~10um x 6um) oval hemoparasite consistent with gametocytes of Hemogregarina spp(typically non-pathogenic and spread by mites, mosquitoes, ticks, flies, or leeches)...
I tried to keep the environments pretty controlled (washing hands in between, rinsing out equipment, etc.)... I hope I haven't made a mistake. My vet told me not to worry about this, but I agree in that more investigation is probably needed.
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