2006-07-24 23:13:15 · 7 answers · asked by sassyfish_pinay 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
This is not a procedure to be undertaken by somebody with little animal medical health care knowledge. I will explain later.
Please see a qualified vet. If you do not have one locally I would consider traveling to one.
If you still can't find one, contact your nearest zoo, reptile club or animal rescue organization for suggestions.
Reptilian pus can not be "lanced" like mammalian pus. Reptile pus is thick & cheesey as opposed to runny liquid in mammals.
The procedure to clean out the pus is essentially minor surgery. It would be easy to make the infection worse by somebody who is not experianced. Anaesthesia will probably be needed or at least a second person to control movement of the turtle's head. Betadine or a similar product is used to sterilized the skin over the pustule. A sterile scalpel is used to open the infection. A small sterile tool is used to carefully pull out the pus. The wound is closely inspected to make sure all the pus is removed and then flushed with sterile water. The wound is often packed with sterile gause soaked in betadine. It is essential that the turtle be kept in a clean environement, preferrably dry while healing procedes. The turtle must be kept away from flies that may try to lay eggs in the wound. A course of prescribed anti-biotics is often needed.
So you can see that a qualified vet is really needed.
http://www.herpvetconnection.com/
http://www.chelonia.org/Articles/Locate_a_vet.htm
Good luck!
2006-07-25 02:59:00 · answer #1 · answered by carl l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. FIRST change your basic cares that allowed the formation in the first place. Whether it was dirty water or vitamin deficency if you don't fix it, it will re-occur or get worse. The links below can help with that.
2. Sometimes, changing the cares and giving the turtle what it needs, along with some TLC, the abscess might go away on its own. Try this and monitor the abscess- see if the abscess softens or any other good changes.
3. Lancing an ear abscess is not safe or that easy, and anti-biotics should be used as well. You really should find a vet for this.
4. Sure, you CAN do it yourself, but you really ought to have someone show you the first time. It is not a job for someone who is squeamish and it really should involve two people.
2006-07-25 05:08:20 · answer #2 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ear abscesses are usually caused by upper respiratory infections, draining an abscess is simple, but you need to have him given an injection of antibiotics or it will reoccur
2006-07-25 03:39:34 · answer #3 · answered by iceni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't That's why vets do this. That's why they have vets in the first place. So idiots don't go killing their animals doing things they don't know how to do. Find another herp vet that will do it for you.
2006-07-25 11:59:00 · answer #4 · answered by Boober Fraggle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use a small razor. Or just leave it alone and feed him tiny tiny small bits of penicillen if you can... Also, as he gets older, his immune system will fight off infections. Just make sure he has clean water and a healthy enviroment and eats lots of healthy food
2006-07-25 01:16:34 · answer #5 · answered by johncharlesrealty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a large mallet
2006-07-25 00:35:51 · answer #6 · answered by maddogcatharin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lasso his mouth they are dangerous creatures.
2006-07-24 23:17:15 · answer #7 · answered by D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋