By Durgashri Sardeshpande Old Goa: In the past few years, there is an increase in the instance of freshwater turtles stored as pets.
However, the lack of awareness about their lifestyle has made a prisoner life like that is miserable, which is susceptible to bacterial and fungal infections, bone deformity and prolapses.
Recently, two and a half-year-old Indian Indian pond turtle with prolaps and metabolic bone disease saved from Kurti, Ponda.
It was called a clinic from Charmaine Pinto, where he underwent a rare pension amputation operation.
In turtles, each Prolaps network represents a potentially threatening problem.
“The owner noted that the pet did not eat so he called us.
The pet was in a bad condition.
It smelled bad.
There is a bone deformity seen in a shell, with some of his organs flowing out of his shell.
Previously, we have saved three pets turtles Turtles that have metabolic bone disease (MBD).
However, I have witnessed the prolaps case for the first time, “said Gayatri who had initiated the ‘HomeWard Turtles’ project last year to create awareness among people about freshwater turtles.
The pet was stored for years without the right diet, said Dr Pinto.
“Usually, when they are in the wild, turtles get a variety of foods.
These only depend on ‘green turtles pellets’ which are not intended for Indian species.
Because of an unbalanced diet, the nails are overgrown and the shell changes to change to Up, “said Dr Pinto.
He said Captive pets tried to marry, but they could not do it, and thus all the muscles changed outside and rot.
“Then there is no choice but to draw it, which means removing the entire Necrotic muscle tissue.
He won’t be able to breed in the future.
But it is a saving saving procedure or he will die because of sepsis,” said Dr Pinto.
Dr Pinto, who previously worked in Mumbai, had handled eight cases of prolaps in turtles in a year.
Gayatri, who has saved 21 freshwater turtles from May 2020 to 2021 with other volunteer assistance, said, “This does not happen in the wild, but it is seen in prisoners’ turtles.
When in captivity, no freshwater turtles Get a place to sunbathe.
They defecate in the water and if the water does not change regularly then it leads to infection.
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