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aRym
Joined: 23 May 2008
Posts: 2
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| Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 11:50 am Post subject: Indian Star Tortoise - Swollen Leg & Loss of Appetite |
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My star has recovered from flu after 5 times of injection for every other day. After the last injection, she got these problems:-
1) Swollen back leg (where the last injection was given)
2) Loss of appetite. She refuses to eat for almost 2 weeks, so i get to soak her with mustard green soup everyday. Not prefer to feed her using syringe or tube cause she's not co-operative.
3) Not passed any faeces, since she's not eating.
I've contact our regular vet, unfortunately he's not around to see my star condition. But he adviced me to massage the leg with potassium permanganate solution and soak her with dilute salt water.
Is it ok to soak a star in salt water?? |
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Ali Anwar
Joined: 03 Dec 2007
Posts: 16
Location: singapore
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 8:06 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
Just curious, is the eyes swollen as well? If possible could you send a picture of you tortoise ? Thanks! |
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aRym
Joined: 23 May 2008
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 8:56 am Post subject: |
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Ali Anwar wrote: Hi,
Just curious, is the eyes swollen as well? If possible could you send a picture of you tortoise ? Thanks!
no, her eyes are sunken & one of her eyes is hard to open. is it the indication of dehydration? i soak her in warm water everyday, seem lately she's not eating and depending on water.
will post her picture here tomorrow. |
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