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Impaction, ruptured abdomen? Lethargic T
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<blockquote data-quote="Jess S" data-source="post: 156970" data-attributes="member: 29302"><p>Hi, are there any updates? Can you see signs of impaction(ie dried poop around it's bottom and possibly a swollen spinneret)?</p><p></p><p>The abdomen certainly looks very swollen, like you'd expect on an impacted T. I was initially thinking the lesion is either from the T's own efforts to unblock itself, or/and from dragging it's abdomen repeatably.</p><p>Now I'm not so sure, as the booklungs are in bad shape too. Also, the abdomen would be full of poop, but you say it's see through, so that doesn't sound like it's impacted.</p><p></p><p>If it is impaction, the prognosis is not good I'm afraid, and you've done a great job of treating it so far. I've only heard a couple of stories of the T surviving, because it managed to moult. It's thought that a problem with a moult causes impaction.</p><p></p><p>Whether you should euthanise or not is something only you can decide. If I was in your shoes, and I decided to do it, I'd probably wait another 48 hours, just so I could say that I gave it every chance to suprise me with a miracle recovery, or maybe it will pass naturally.</p><p></p><p>Hope to hear a positive update but I'm a very optimistic person. Sending you best wishes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jess S, post: 156970, member: 29302"] Hi, are there any updates? Can you see signs of impaction(ie dried poop around it's bottom and possibly a swollen spinneret)? The abdomen certainly looks very swollen, like you'd expect on an impacted T. I was initially thinking the lesion is either from the T's own efforts to unblock itself, or/and from dragging it's abdomen repeatably. Now I'm not so sure, as the booklungs are in bad shape too. Also, the abdomen would be full of poop, but you say it's see through, so that doesn't sound like it's impacted. If it is impaction, the prognosis is not good I'm afraid, and you've done a great job of treating it so far. I've only heard a couple of stories of the T surviving, because it managed to moult. It's thought that a problem with a moult causes impaction. Whether you should euthanise or not is something only you can decide. If I was in your shoes, and I decided to do it, I'd probably wait another 48 hours, just so I could say that I gave it every chance to suprise me with a miracle recovery, or maybe it will pass naturally. Hope to hear a positive update but I'm a very optimistic person. Sending you best wishes. [/QUOTE]
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