Urgent Care :: NDT Bleeding From Tail

[Schatzman]

Hey my NDT is bleeding from its tail. I have no idea what caused this. She does share a tank with a few other turtles but there has never been any signs of aggression among them. They live in a 220 gallon tank with the temp at 77 and 85-90 basking. I use heaters and a thermometer. I have two fx6 on the tank and 2 dual UVB lamps. What makes this more odd is just the other day another one of my turtles had the same symptoms to a larger degree and subsequently died.

I just noticed it tonight and can't find a 24 hour vet. I have dry docked her in the mean time. It isn't bleeding as much as it looks like an open wound.

[steve]

Yikes! It looks like a bite wound. I think dry docking is the right call, you might want to dab it with diluted Betadine and apply and antibiotic like Neosporin.