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 Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises V4, Armored reptiles please enter here :p

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Isolationx
post Dec 16 2008, 05:22 PM

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Panic***!!!!!!!
My turtle is dying...what should i do???
Its a pig nose turtle and somehow the shell looks like
it keep getting hit or something...like cracking day by day....T_T

I dont know if it actually is dying or what...some how i just felt that its dying.
Isolationx
post Dec 17 2008, 01:54 PM

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Here it is
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This post has been edited by Isolationx: Dec 17 2008, 02:02 PM
Isolationx
post Dec 17 2008, 05:36 PM

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QUOTE(camillenoir @ Dec 17 2008, 05:27 PM)
those are minor and a turtle that size would most likely survive. and that sure looks like claw marks/damage from foreign objects.

check your tank, maybe the turtle hits sharp objects (edge of filters/skimmers) or something. and your substrate (gravel) is definitely too rough for piggies.

standard treatment procedure for injuries on softshell turtles that i usually implement are just the usage of aquarium salt and raised temperatures (85-86 degrees f)
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thank you thank you...
yea maybe its the rock i guess,
then what should i do with the substrate? Get a new one?
ad errmm how do you raise the temperatures of the tank?
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post Dec 17 2008, 07:51 PM

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QUOTE(camillenoir @ Dec 17 2008, 05:47 PM)
no substrate (bare bottom) works fine for most keepers.

raise temperature of course use heater (with thermostat better)

anyway, those gravels would likely only cause injuries to the plastron (unless that piggy swims upside down) so there must be something else in the tank.
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