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These two three-yearold female red-eared slider turtles are being kept under different captive husbandry conditions. The turtle on the right is normal.
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| What is your diagnosis of the turtle on the left? | Metabolic bone disease. |
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| What poor techniques of captive management might be the cause of this turtle’s disorder? | A diet rich in phosphorus and low in calcium; hypovitaminosis D3; and lack of exposure to unfiltered sunlight or full-spectrum ultraviolet light can cause metabolic bone disease. |
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| How is this condition treated? | Change to a more natural high-calcium, moderate-phosphorus diet that contains bony tissue, eg, live fish or commercial floating turtle chow, and calcium-rich leafy vegetation and algae. If deemed appropriate, calcium lactate or gluconate can be administered orally or parenterally (1.0–2.5mg/kg daily). Although the bony carapace and plastron will eventually become remineralised when the turtle’s diet is improved, the deformities are likely to remain apparent for the life of the turtle. |
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