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    Newbie turtle owner help

    i agree...... i've always used sphagnum moss , never had a problem...... my outside pens are all full of moss , i've never seen one eat it ..... sphagnum moss is edible, i believe it has 0 nutritional value, just not something they eat....
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    Rescued Florida Soft Shell Turtle Lake Isabella California

    i would guess with all the wounds, which all outwardly appeared infected, septicemia would be the most likely problem .....
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    winter 2023

    this el nino stuff is for real , warmest winter of my lifetime, never seen nothing like it , 70's end of february , first week of march, northeast ohio...... least snow too, by about 4 feet ...... the soil temp is currently 62F , the 10yr average is 36.6F
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    brumation question

    i hibernate eastern box turtles outside , if i see one out when they shouldn't be , i keep them awake by bringing them in with spring/summer like conditions for the winter ....... it's not always that they were ill, but more than once i've seen some that were ill and required medical care over...
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    brumation question

    sorry to hear about your tortoise...... how many have you lost brumating them outside? when the tortoise initially did not dig in , you shouldn't have hibernated it.......... ill tortoises are said to bask more often during brumation than non-ill tortoises..... the reason , theorized, is to...
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    Teramycin Powder

    do you know what dosage your vet said it would take? MERK veterinary manual says the dose for an alligator with mycoplasmosis is 10mg/kg every 4-5 days ...... i have a pdf where they describe using it on sea turtles at 20-40mg/kg after an initial dose of 40-80mg/kg every 3 days.... , my...
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    Teramycin Powder

    too bad as baytril is the most proven method of dealing with this problem.......... terramycin (oxytetracycline) comes as an injectable..... did your vet tell you oxytetracycline was not available in your country ? it's pretty commonly used in sheep, pigs, cattle, and is used in reptiles on...
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    Teramycin Powder

    i was wondering what were this tortoises signs of an allergic reaction, and if the nasal flush with baytril had any reaction? Maggie i believe their vet said taziject was the wrong antibiotic ? terramycin is oxytetracycline, that is known to be effective on mycoplasma infections ...
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    Teramycin Powder

    what was the allergic reaction to baytril? if it was an allergic reaction , i can't imagine he would have tolerated the nasal flushing with baytril any better? i can't believe diluting the baytril would have any affect on the baytril dosage or efficacy , it may be too large of a shot for IM...
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    This Is A Must Have.

    would take some negligence to exceed the recommended prime dose by 5x...... i do use pond strength stuff...... it really does burn straight out the bottle....... this is from the manufacturer api for the one i use ...........i don't doubt your experience , but personally i'll continue to...
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    This Is A Must Have.

    you can get away with a lot , the river in cleveland ohio caught fire back in the 70's , there were turtles and fish living in it ......... i never would have thought much about it, had i not gotten it in a cut straight out the bottle , it burn like hell......... i like to change water in the...
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    This Is A Must Have.

    me too........ "prime" was mentioned , i personally don't use prime , i use api products ...... "prime" is sodium dithionate , api is sodium thiosulfate....... they are basically the same thing, but the msds for dithionate is much more worrisome than the msds for thiosulfate........ did you...
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    Natural hibernation

    no doubt the ground is more stable than the water , but , below is the soil temps for the past 2 days and a forecast for the next 6 days....... box turtles go no deeper than 4" here ..... at 4" the ground was 33 degrees yesterday at 12pm, at 3pm it was 41 degrees, that's 8 degrees in 3hrs...
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    Natural hibernation

    Tom , i respectfully disagree ....... turtles here can and will come out in march on a 75degree sunny day, bask and get their body temps up like it's summer, i'd guess easily 80-90degrees, touch them and they are hot, have that night get down below freezing , soon as the air temp is less than...
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    Natural hibernation

    i think before you hibernate a turtle or tortoise in any way, you need to understand what "brumation" is and isn't ....... if you understood it , you would know not to provide the heat you are providing, and you'd know why ......
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    Natural hibernation

    for the land turtles , they have the same spot they have had for the last 20yrs, it's the highest part of the yard , it never holds water .....in september i break the soil up real good , no clumps, with a trenching shovel, the length of the blade deep, about 12", it's against a south facing...
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    Natural hibernation

    i do hibernate my box turtles outside, actually all my turtles hibernate outdoors, in northeast ohio.... , i have used a refrigerator also ...... i've never done the food part , i just let them go into hibernation naturally , leave them out for about a month , dig them up and put them in a...
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    Natural hibernation

    i thought the paper was an accurate representation of the dangers of "natural" hibernation..... i think the size of the enclosure is not the risk ... i've hibernated young box turtles in an enclosure no bigger than 4'x4', i've hibernated wood turtles outside in 3'x2' cement mixing tubs, i've...
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    My baby tort got bitten by my dog

    having been given (rescued) a number of large dogs that truly were dangerous, they were all dangerous because of their "training"/mental well being......... i'm not averse to negative consequences , i actually think folks who believe they have no place in training dogs are wrong ...
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