RES help

[Purple-Hops]

heres my 2 turtles Jabori and Stumpy Jabora-ive had Jabori for almost 10 years now and havent had any problems with his health,ever..then about 2 years ago i took in an unwanted res from my sisters freind who wasnt taking care of him and(note his name)hes in hard shape and missing all his nails on one paw..i didnt mix them in the same tank for space limitation reasons and ever since i got in Stumpy he began to develop a fungal infection and now Jabori has it too!!! right now im treating it with Betadine ,and Vitashell and in between im keeping them together in a tote to stay dry most of the day and swimming them in the tub for a few hours....can anyone help me maybe im not doin it right and a trip to the vet would suck....thanks.

[Ravnos]

Personally, I'd say a vet visit is in order anyway. Mainly just to verify it is what you think it is. That aside, frequent full tank cleanings and using something that is anti-fungal, like chlorhexidine or betadine with short periods of "dry docking" to let it work, sounds about right to me.

[Vanilla_Rat]

If you want,I will go to the vet with you.

[GeishaGirl]

I agree vet but dunno where there is one for reptiles....hmm...

[Vanilla_Rat]

The ONLY one in Newfoundland is Dr.D at Sunrise.

[Kendalle]

i don't know what looks wrong about them except the one's back looks dry or crusty? what are they supposed to look like

[Purple-Hops]

their shels are a good many hours drying here in the pics and then i added betadine which dyes them red!! so the worst part looks like the bellies! b/c theyre left alone for the pics but when i dried them theyre shells would turn white and i could pick those scales off and there shells look much better now though-thanks to the betadine and vitashell! ill get some mre tomorrow pics, i mean,and show the improvement! Normally the shell shopuldnt show any white or off color if theyre not in thrie shedding-whte on th shell indicates fungus and bacteria-anyways its not good. but they do look much better-i might hold off on th vet for now.



(excuse my bad grammmer for now!)

[GeishaGirl]

That is great they are getting better, BTW <3 your siggy!!

[Purple-Hops]

thanks! i keep trying to make the pic smaller.....apparantly it wants to stay big and out there!!

yea-as for the turts-last night i really wasnt in the right mind and i shouldve been on-but i now have them in the same tank which is something i was never able to do..so their sickness brought them together!!ill need to upgrade to larger than 33 gallons for the 2 of them-anybody else have GI-NORMOUS tanks? and where did you get them? 33 gallon is the largest that Petcetera had-

[GeishaGirl]

OOoo your pic is up and your holding Akaisha((spelling??)), it looks small on my laptop!!

You can get Some in the buy & sell or order one through Pauls place. They are pretty good deals!!

[Vanilla_Rat]

The siggy picture is not big...LOL!
Anyway keep trying the Buy & Sell.

[Purple-Hops]

actually-im so excited b.c some guy just responded to an ad i had on kijiji about his 55 gallon with fluval 405 power filter!!!! i cant wait-he was selling it for 450$ but is now desperate and will sell it for 300$ GAAA!!!! i love it!!

[GeishaGirl]

WOOT, maybe sell your tanks after to make some of the money back, they are good tank, easy sell!! Are you selling your fluva's?? IF so I will buy them, I need afluva for my tanks!!!!! I will pay you well,yes yes?

[Vanilla_Rat]

I will buy one of the tanks...I want some convict cichilids again! Really bad.

[Purple-Hops]

i have no idea what to sell the tanks for-sandra might put her firshies in one so ill put the fluval with that and i dunno about the other fluval if lisa wants it for the other tank-------what do you think i should sell them for??