Maybe try sun bath 20-30min few days, if still persist, on the heat lamp at night for few hours...maybe contemplate using an infrared bulb.

Medical treatment: Enrofloxacin(Baytril) drops via nostril or add to water for drinking (they usually avoid food stained with it. Can also add few drops of gentamicin + dexamethasone combo aka Garasone(as a nasal drop) in addition to Baytril. But dont overdo it...Rmbr to isolate the dude for now, maybe about 1-2 weeks

However, RNS may recur if humidity or environment is unfavourable.

For hatchling ping pong sized ST, please don't overdry them...they might come from arid grassland, but they still need some moisture especially at night, otherwise they can get 'Hatchling Failure syndrome'

Hope ur ST recover in due time..can take up to 2 weeks

Cheers!

This post has been edited by Omegaminx: Feb 16 2009, 10:07 PM

Guys, any idea what is that at the tail?





This post has been edited by squareballs: Feb 16 2009, 05:23 PM

Is its sexual organ !!!

This post has been edited by SAMPERTH: Feb 16 2009, 06:17 PM

Sleep often but when sees food, it will eat alot.

Is it male or Female? I dun see any ballz.. LOL

Congrats its a boy !! You wont see any balls like birds their balls are inside the body !!

need some advice here. i noticed my ST has non-uniform grow on the shell. i differenciate this by different color of the shell, new one with lighter colour.
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what's wrong? lack of calcium? thank you.

This means he wants to mate?

IF he is size enough ie at least 4 inch why not !!

From pic I would guess your Star only about 3 inch !!

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Not to scare you if his P*** do not go back in after say 1 or 2 minutes he may have some complication inside !! Be warned

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is tis serious ka? what if the pen*s doesnt retracts back in? will the tortoise be in danger?

Most of the time yes. It's known as a prolapse. Most of the time, if the animals do not retract, an experienced keeper need to re-insert the organ back into the body. This process must be done with precision and judicial force should be implemented. It is also be best done during the early stage, before the exposed organ get swollen. Some herps may even suggest stitches to prevent from re-occuring.

This is just the worse case scenario. If the matter isn't serious, then the above is not necessary.

Just for info - a prolapse is USUALLY an initial sign of internal parasite infestation. You might want to check into that.

Just my RM0.02. You can choose to ignore it if you wish.

Regards
-Azazel-

can i kept my iguana with tortoise in a same cage???

Iguana I have not tried or seen in person BUT in a certain Taiwanese book I have seen a setup with a few sp of tortoise kept togather with at least 2 sp of Iguana (Green and Rhino)

Have seen Blue Tongue Skink kept with tortoise with no problem !!

hey guys..i just want to ask something.....
u guys feed ur Red Eye Sliders with what???
well..i just feed them with the tablet....
how bout u guys?

They sick so you feed tablet ??

Joking I know its pellets !!

They will eat anything you throw at them - meat , seafood , fruits , vegetable ................................ just dont be afraid to try !!

i'm thinking to give them Guppy...
because Guppy is really easy to breed
...so i'm thinking it's a good food for my cute 3 Sliders
....so..what do you guys think?

Guppy is okay, you can try feeding the RES

Should i feed them with Guppy as a treat or as a daily food??
kinda worried if they got addicted to it...i will take their pictures...2 of them the size is like 20cent siling...;P the shell still kinda soft...

while the other one is like 50 cent..but a bit bigger than that...


EDIT:hmm...as i see for a week....one of the baby RES likes to hide him/herself under the rocks...kinda... weird....
while the other one oso the same...but seldomly do that..
as i can conclude...
one of them is really2 shy...
and the another is sometimes shy and sometimes not..
so...any advice how to make them tak malu??

but now i noticed 1 thing..my biggest RES really2 aquatic..mostly spend his 99% of his day in water...normal ka?
he just stay in the bottom and never move...hmm..normal??


This post has been edited by imiharrima: Feb 21 2009, 07:11 PM

Feed them with Guppy as treat, 1-2 times per week.

About the shyness and aquatic behaviour of your res its normal and its different for every of them so just leave it as it is. Its unique dont u think so ?

unique but not friendly.....thats make me sad a bit...