Urgent Care :: HELP

[turtleyoshi]

I cleaned my turt home using gloves because I have eczema. Some of the tank water went in the glove. 4 hours before I changed the water, I had placed a sulfa treatment (TetraFauna Repto Conditioner). Should I be worried about Salmonella? My RES is 2" long. Please help! I washed my hands with Betadine, antiseptic wash, and of course antibacterial soap ---but I do have a small open cut on my finger....

[steve]

If your turtle is healthy and the tank/water is clean, then I wouldn't be too concerned. Most people who got salmonella from RES put them in their mouths, or did not practice good hygiene.

[jenaero]

Sometimes when I feed my res they splash so hard that I end up getting turtle water in my eye or my mouth. Gross, but no harm done.

[marisa]

I wouldn't worry. I've had to put my hands in the tank with cuts/scratches on them in the past and never had a problem. I did wash my hands well afterward, but not nearly as well as you did.

[staman]

That reminds me of the time I was priming my filter and got a big mouthfull of turtle water--now thats gross. I was swirling jack daniels in my mouth for an hour afterwards...

[marisa]

Ugh! How do you manage to do that???

[staman]

I have an eheim. For all the money i payed for it it dosent have a self priming mechanism. It came with a bunch of valves that facilitate the priming mechanism by creating a vacuum. It took me the whole day to figure it out cuz there were no instructions. Anway, i wanted to start her up so the old fashioned way is to just suck on the outake pipe until the canister fills up with water. It squirted up the last 2 feet of pipe so fast i didnt have time to pull the pipe out of my mouth...

[butterfly]

Ive also worried about salmonella but after having to put my hand in the tank with cuts and scratches and the whole nine yards, Ive become less paranoid. I wear gloves too but theres no way to avoid coming in contact with the water one way or another, no matter how precautious you are. My husband took a few gulps of turtle water himself because of a problem with the siphon the first time we used it. I had warned him but he wouldnt listen. Nothing happened to him though...