A middle-aged turtle named Franklin is brought to Dr. K's office as the owner suspects Franklin may have shell rot or another medical condition.
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A Turtle with Shell Rot | Dr. K's Exotic Animal ER
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Please tell me Franklin got a proper enclosure after this
Nice to see people appreciate small animals like him
I cried when my hamster died when I was 13. RIP B-ROK
I mean she’s the one that screwed up and bought a pet before she was educated. Which made the turtle sick, hopefully she makes the changes so the turtle doesn’t pass away while it’s fighting off the infection she caused him. She’s going to have to change the entire habitat she has for him.
As a new turtle owner I can tell you I got really attached to mine fast
ROFL. She doesn't even provide the turtle with the least amount of care possible for his well-being. Turtles need proper water levels, temperature, etc. And she essentially just threw him in a too small tank and abandoned him. Feeds him probably the wrong diet too.
@@gingerbaker4579 you just typing to every comment. You weirdo 😂
That whole situation was just heartwarming
We feel the same 🥰
ROFL. She doesn't even provide the turtle with the least amount of care possible for his well-being. Turtles need proper water levels, temperature, etc. And she essentially just threw him in a too small tank and abandoned him. Feeds him probably the wrong diet too.
Such a loving owner
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Loving owner? She doesn't even provide the turtle with the least amount of care possible for his well-being. Turtles need proper water levels, temperature, etc. And she essentially just threw him in a tank and abandoned him. Feeds him probably the wrong diet too.
@@gingerbaker4579She has managed to keep it alive for 23 years. She must be doing something right.
@@decayingcorpse-xv Unless I'm wrong, turtles are pretty hardy and health issues can develop over a *very* long time before uninformed owners notice something isn't right :( Hopefully this was a wakeup call for her that she needs to be doing a lot more for Franklin. I hope he's good and healthy now.. 💚
He was so attentive - checking EVERYTHING out
Anyone else notice his name Franklin, is the same name as the children's TV show?
The one that "count by 2s and tie his shoes"?
Yes
Amazing Turtle !!!.. Turtles are one of the oldest reptile groups, more ancient than snakes or crocodilians. Of the 360 known extant species,some are highly endangered.
Thanks for sharing this, Maya 🐢❤️
Maya, I breed rare albino and snow turtles native to different countries. As you said, some are highly protected such as Australian native species that can not be shipped out. I am breeding the Australian albino pink belly sideneck turtles here at my place in Florida but I have no idea how the original ones ever made it out of Australia. You could see albino het snow red eared sliders, snow red eared sliders, albino pink belly sideneck turtles and soon albino map turtles on my KZhead channel. I will be buying some concentric diamond back terripans now since they will be totally illegal in Florida soon. Those in private collections before the ban will be legal is all and they are great turtles as pets.
He's got beautiful eyes^^ wish I could have a turtle XD
I sell albino and snow Turtles that I hatch out here but they are very rare and a lot of money here. Imagine those red eyes on mine, totally amazing! A few months ago I was selling the albino het snows red eared sliders for $350 each on ebay but that included free over night shipping anywhere in America . Unfortunately eBay stopped turtle sales though but it is what it is. They go up in price anyhow with age and size for a lot more money so I don't mind raising mine and taking them to expos to sell. You can see these rare Albinos and snows Turtles on my KZhead channel.
Please don't get one they're very hard to take care of!!
ROFL. She doesn't even provide the turtle with the least amount of care possible for his well-being. Turtles need proper water levels, temperature, etc. And she essentially just threw him in a too small tank and abandoned him. Feeds him probably the wrong diet too.
@@moonimilk not if you have money and care for them
Glad everything worked out fine. Beautiful turtle with respectful age!
Even being a yellow belly, he/she (I say that because it's possible they sexed it wrong) should definitely be bigger (especially if a she). When she didn't know the gallon size of the tank & just showed the small size of the enclosure with her hands, I wanted to cry. No heater! No digital thermometers, no heater on a thermostat, no ambient heater on a thermostat (UVB does not provide heat, & coil UVBs aren't really safe anyway; tube are much safer & more beneficial), & probably only 20-40 gallon equivalent enclosure, if that, when it should 75+ gallons minimum 😭
i throw em outside
Yeah I mean she might be crying like she cares but how hard is it to do a quick google search? It’s not hard to find online what you absolutely need and what these turtles need to survive. That should be the first thing you do when you get a pet no matter what animal it is.
I love to see people who care so deeply for their pet turtle that they would spend a few dollars to protect them that is the sign of someone with a kind heart. Blessings
A loving owner? Who doesn’t provide a large enough enclosure, nor the necessary uvb or temperature control.
Poor Franklin. Hope his mom gets the right setup for him. Get well soon buddy 💖
the legend says that turtle lives another 170 years free of bacteria 🦠
Aww such a adorable turtle i hope he gets well soon. Amazing video nat geo wild 😍
That's incredible that Doc can tell the differences like that and thanks God the owner had noticed it .
Oh i thought they said shell shock. But hopefully the turtle will be saved
What a handsome slider! He seems a bit small for that age range though. I don't know how varied they are in sizes, but my red eared slider Squirt is slightly bigger than Franklin and he's only about five years old...
Aw, your turtle sounds adorable. I actually have a male painted turtle of my own who, coincidently, is also named Squirt. As for sliders, individuals can actually vary quite a bit in size depending on a variety of environmental factors as well as probably just genetic variation. Also, females tend to be larger than males. Adult male yellow-bellied sliders typically reach a carapace length of about 5-9 inches (13-23 cm), while females range from 8-13 inches (20-33 cm). Red-eared sliders are actually the same species (Trachemys scripta) but are a different subspecies (red-eared are T. scripta elegans, and yellow-bellied are T. scripta scripta). Being the same species, red-eared sliders tend to reach roughly the same size range as yellow-bellies, though they can max out slightly bigger (up to 16 inches for a very large female). If Franklin were indeed a male, I'd say he's a pretty normal size. However, "he" actually looks like a female to me (very short front claws and a very small tail). For an adult female of that age, you are right that she is definitely on the smaller side.
I was definitely thinking that. When she didn't know gallon size & just showed tank size with her hands, & the vet didn't say anything about fixing that, my stomach fell. It sounds like he's in something less than 40 gallons, maybe even 20, when he should be in a 75-150 gallon at his age.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. As a retired vet tech, I sadly didn't see much exotic animal medicine since a lot of veterinarians don't practice it but it was something so interesting when I worked with an animal doctor who did see them. I enjoyed my exotics that I owned, like birds, reptiles, fish and hamsters(Sometimes 'pocket pets' are grouped into this category as well)
Yes!!!!!!@ Dr. K is back!!!
Lol That turtle 🐢 looks angry AF in the thumbnail.
.She's so cute OMG!!!!.
Wow he's pretty small for a 23 year old turtle... mine is 1 year old and is bigger than Franklin. I really hope she starts taking care of him properly
That's the average size for a yellow bellied slider actually. 5-8 inches.
Really? I thought I'd seen bigger ones, but I must be thinking of another species, then! Thanks for the info!
@@euferdy you may be thinking of a red eared slider! Their average size is a little larger, especially females who can reach up to 13 inches in length. It can be easy to confuse the two species, as they have a similar common name and appearance. 🙂
Also males stay way smaller than females 😁💕
It still sounds like she only keeps him in something equivalent to like a 20-40 gallon tank, when, at his age, he should be in at least a 75 gallon, if not more. Plus a heater on a thermostat
Aww turtle power!!
He's so cute 😍
Poor Franklin, he started to get sickie because his mum didn't take care of him appropriately with the water temperature. Hopefully turtle mum will make Franklin internal & external well.
And his mum saw that he needed help and brought him to help😊
@Climbing Chef But reptiles hide pain & injury really well due to the vulnerabilities it would create for them in the wild, so they have to already be really ill to start showing such visible signs. Plus, it only takes a simple google search for her to realize her enclosure is much too small, & that he needs a heater on a thermostat.
He's got beautiful eyes. :)
Cute turtle and mama. 👱🏻♀️🐢💚
I'm going through this now. I felt the same as her so guilty because I didn't know at first. It's really can just sneak up on you 😢 very informative clip
To preserv the nature 🐢❤
so cute ❤️❤️
Woow! , first time seeing a veterinarian know what theyre doing with a red eared slider 😳😊
It's not a red eared slider...
every turtle and tortoise owner's nightmare if we saw their shelled friend's shell is not a shiny precious stones
A little sweet soul
Aww my red eared slider Buba is 25 years old
My name is Selvi ervina from Baktinusa Junior High School, Bogor Regency. Permission to comment on this video, I really like this animal that has a short neck because it is very unique, has a very nice pattern on its back, thank you.
Look at that cute! He looking at both mom & the doc; Him thinking "where u gonna get that blood from? Im like 95% ALL shell"; flash 4ward to him getting his little neck all straitched out and then thinking "oh snap i didt see that my juggler vein would get the needle poking" then skip to the little guy thinking "so doc tale me about the pain med I'm gonna get? U know for the PAIN IN MY NECK literally that u gave me!!!!"
How many days should be use kopertox for rot shell and how many minutes ?
Nice Video
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hi! do you know what the red lines on my turtles stomach mean?
Franklin is quite handsome!! Line up ladies...here comes the next Bachelor!!
Why he 23o/y only that big?? Mine 7 y/o already 12inch
I breed rare albino and snow turtles rarely seen and worked as a head vet tech for two zoos for many years. She is a great vet but what I do not get, when she mentioned lighting, why did she not mention using a UVB / UVA light combo? Without uvb lighting, the turtle could bone disease that any infection could escalate if bone disease takes place. Check my KZhead channel if anyone wishes to see some of the albino and snow turtles we hatch out here.
What’s the update? Is he better now and 100% recovered?
Hi there! I can confirm he is completely recovered and healed :) and happy !
I wish to be a vet👨⚕️
Aquatic turtles are very difficult to care for properly,they are better suited to an outdoor pond enclosure.
Turtles are complicated and that's why I never had one. Poor Franklin.
Why does it look like the masked magician...
My turtle has the most beautiful shell he takes a bath everyday for about 10 hours. I have a heater in the bath. He eats and then he likes lay in the sun. We spend a lot of time together. When he wants me to hold him. He puts his head on top my foot. It’s the sweetest. His diet is 25% protein meal worms, shrimp, or dried fish. He rarely gets fruit and when does he’s fond of strawberries, he likes red lettuce mostly we do the vege pellets with the vitamin A and I also shake his meal worms or shrimp with powdered calcium. He’s 6 years old. I’ve taught him to bob his head up and down. I say don’t you think and I’ll bob my head after I make statement. So it seems he agrees with everything I say. He likes to push his ping pong ball around the tub. And he climbs in the dogs water and tips over the doggy bowl. He just started running to the front door with the dogs. Sometimes, I find him in the dog kennel taking a nap with our senior Pit-bull. They are not limited whatsoever. He sure does love me and I think he’s wonderful.
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I couldn't believe in season 7 episode 6 that Dr Stoneburg put that poor pig through all that unnecessary treatment/surgery not to mention the expense before she asked the proper pre treatment questions I would never trust her with any of my pets
Hi im worried about my 1yr old redeared slider. She was giving to me very malnourished very small campared to my boy redeared slider. She had been doing fine for the first couple of months. But now she only sleeps a lot underwater. There are days she might sat 1 or 2 malw warms. Might bask some days, i take her outside for natural sunlight for like 5/10min. The majoriys of the time she has her eyes.closed in the tank and like i said sleep a lot. What can i do. My tank did get modle due to an artificial rock i.placed in the tank. Idk maybe that caused her symptoms. Pls help me i dont knkw what else to do.
If she is like that and the other is fine it may be something internal maybe go to a vet it could be parasites or a diseases maybe she's trying to fight of something so doesn't seem so well. She may also have a blockage of have swallowed something she wasn't supposed to
Poor care no heat lamp or proper fully dry basking spot
& no water heater on a thermostat, no digital thermometers, & a much too small enclosure 😔😢
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I really wish these vets would educate the "owners" on the show when they are blatantly in the wrong like this woman. She didn't even provide the turtle with the least amount of care possible for his well-being. Turtles need proper water levels, temperature, etc. And she essentially just threw him in a too small tank and abandoned him. Feeds him probably the wrong diet too.
hey. im a new pet owner and my RES has shell roy, please educate me..
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Wait why didn't she wipe the entire shell?
Another example of owners not doing research on the animals they keep, please people, we can always learn new things and can change their care and husbandry if we’re not doing it right. Fix it before it’s too late
This^^^^^^^10000000%
shame
what a terrible turtle mom, she really doesnt know the water temp nor the size of the tank? she described a 10gal maybe a 20gal at most tank. shell rot doesnt just occur overnight 🤦♂️Franklin needs to be rehomed.
im a terrible owner as well. my RES has shell rot. please educate me.
I don’t know about you guys but that turtle looked angry AF in the thumbnail.
How do you not have a heat lamp for a cold blooded animal? She loves him but apparently not enough to house him properly
And no water heater, so neither of those things on thermostats 😔
He should be 4 times as big.
lol, no. Yellow's only get around 8 inches.
Maybe not 4x, but definitely bigger, considering it sounds like she only has him in a 20-40 gallon, if that (plus, it's been speculated he's actually a she, which would make her even more undersized)
not her crying over a turtle
he looks awful for 23, he should be at most 3x his current size :((
That's what I was thinking. When she didn't know the gallons & just showed the small size of the tank with her hands, I wanted to cry. No heater! No digital thermometer, no heater on a thermostat, probably only 20ish gallon enclosure, when it should 75+ gallons 😭How can you have a reptile & not know the exact temps of your set-up? That's one of the most important things 😭
@@justeenschoner2987 Unfortunately, especially for turtles, a lot of people just buy pets with little to no research because it is on impulse.
Sadly this is EXTREMELY common. Turtles are probably the most neglected reptiles.
He’s actually in beautiful shape, and very well Healed and back to normal . But thank you for the concern of a now 24 year old Happy animal, appreciated :)
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Gotta buy 100 of them in my conservation from my Bitcoin investment.
Hmmm maybe humans should leave well enough alone. Stop trying to domesticate wild animals/reptiles...stick to cats and dogs
But dogs and cats were domesticated from the wild
@@CommanderBruh you said that to say what ?
@@gloriahodge255 because you said that we should leave these animals alone yet dogs and cats were taken from the wild and domesticated. You suggested people stick to dogs and cats but they were taken from the wild as well
Dogs and cats suffer a lot because of people
Aww such a adorable turtle i hope he gets well soon. Amazing video nat geo wild 😍😍😍