Terripin stopped eating after drowned 2 month now , No food

Tazmin3110

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my Yellow bellied slider drowned over 2 month ago now went to the vet he said he need to give in injections he has finished the course but has stopped eating and hasn't eaten for 1 month any advice vet said just leave him ... really need help
 

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Not to sure about turtles. Hopefully a member will come by soon. Sometimes when torts are not eating. We will put them in a container and mix carrot baby food puree to the water. Water depth just up to where the carapace and plastrom meet. Not sure if carrot would bother a water turtle. Again hopefully someone will chime in. Good luck!
 

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I feel like there is a lot of Story missing in this story. And your turtle's Story matters!

In order for any aquatic turtle folks to give helpful opinions and advice, you will need to give a lot more detail about what happened and has been happening. Including:

*what caused the accident,
*how long your turtle was unconscious,
*what tests and interventions were done at the vet's office,
*what medicines were given by injection,
*what care you have been giving at home,
*what you have tried to help your pet heal.


Photos of your turtle and the entire enclosure will really help.
 

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my Yellow bellied slider drowned over 2 month ago now went to the vet he said he need to give in injections he has finished the course but has stopped eating and hasn't eaten for 1 month any advice vet said just leave him ... really need help

i've had good luck with b complex injections on a few occasions ...... make sure the temp is optimal 85 f , i think unwell turtles should not be trusted to thermoregulate themselves ....... bright lighting , with good uvb , on a regular schedule , a place to hide/feel secure ( remove stress) ........ make sure he's not dehydrated ,fluid therapy can also help , i've seen dehydrated turtles sitting next to a pond .......flagyl can get them eating , i've treated turtles that were not eating for parasites with flagyl and they began eating .........
 

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another possibility could be brain damage but depending on when you received them...and if you have previously not checked for parasites...you should definitely deworm. flagyl helped my turtle too.
 

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I’m so sorry your turtle is having this problem.
My Eastern Mud Turtle drowned but was revived. After the drowning, she never ate really well and her personality was much more subdued.
A few weeks after the incident she developed pneumonia, which is a very common occurrence in many animals and humans who are revived from drowning.
She had 3 hospitalizations for 2 weeks at a time with an exotic vet nearby (in New Orleans). The treatments included multiple injections of antibiotics as well as inhaled medication via a small nebulizer chamber.
She would always appear to be at least somewhat better after her treatments, but would gradually regress again.
After 18 months of this, I took her to our state veterinary school. They ran some tests, but had no new ideas for treatment.
The decision was finally made to humanely euthanized her, and I requested a necropsy.
What they found was that she STILL had “foreign material” in her lungs that she had inhaled when she drowned!!!!! And she did indeed have some brain damage from the lack of oxygen.
I learned that turtles have NO diaphragm, so they are unable to cough. This means they can’t clear crud out of their airways.
The vet school said the autopsy showed she was not going to get better, but was just going to continue declining until she passed naturally. So my decision to euthanize was the right one.

The lessons for me in her case were: 1) loss of appetite was a SYMPTOM that she was not well. 2) Some turtles survive drowning and go on to lead full lives, but some do not.
Our state veterinary school clinic was no more expensive than the exotic vet who had been treating her, so I would encourage you to contact your state’s vet school and inquire about their outpatient clinic or at least about appointments with their reptile specialists.
I’m sending good luck wishes to you and your turtle- I pray she’s one of the ones who makes it!
 

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