{"id":8275,"date":"2020-12-11T06:05:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T06:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=8275"},"modified":"2020-12-09T23:04:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T23:04:48","slug":"a-painted-turtle-suffers-from-lymphedema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/a-painted-turtle-suffers-from-lymphedema\/","title":{"rendered":"A Painted Turtle Suffers From Lymphedema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8278\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/painted-turtle-lymphedema-wildlife-in-need-center-202012-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"turtle with lymphedema\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/painted-turtle-lymphedema-wildlife-in-need-center-202012-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/painted-turtle-lymphedema-wildlife-in-need-center-202012-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/painted-turtle-lymphedema-wildlife-in-need-center-202012-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/painted-turtle-lymphedema-wildlife-in-need-center-202012-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/painted-turtle-lymphedema-wildlife-in-need-center-202012.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story was shared with us by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helpingwildlife.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wildlife In Need Center<\/a> in Wisconsin.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was late fall when the Wildlife In Need Center admitted an adult Midland painted turtle. It was found walking through a local resident\u2019s backyard.<\/p>\n<p>The turtle was admitted at the healthy weight of 649 grams (almost 1.5 pounds) and an intact shell, both rarities for turtles admitted into rehabilitation facilities. However, her body was bloated and swollen. This painted turtle had a severe case of lymphedema from poor nutrition.<\/p>\n<p>We had to progress carefully, because we didn\u2019t know the true cause for the condition.<\/p>\n<p>We mixed <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Carnivore<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-omnivore\/\">IC Omnivore<\/a> to match EmerAid\u2019s recommendations for turtles and were able to safely get the turtle digesting food. We slowly worked her up to eating a solid and nutritious diet.<\/p>\n<p>The swelling is beginning to reduce, but the road to recovery is long for this turtle. She will be in care for months more, but she may not have gotten this far without the initial EmerAid diet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poor nutrition leads to a severe case of lymphedema for a painted turtle, and the Wildlife In Need Center cautiously works to rehab it using EmerAid and a nutritious diet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Painted Turtle Suffers From Lymphedema - 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