Ovocentesis in an egg bound red eared slider Pt 2.  EGG BINDING in tortoises & turtles in Singapore.
Channel: Dr David Sing
Date: 2016-05-12

A red-eared slider has egg binding. She is treated by Dr Daniel Sing at Toa Payoh Vets.

Inability to lay a formed egg or EGG BINDING is present in some red-eared sliders. If the stuck egg is very near to the cloaca, it can be seen. It is too large to be massaged out from the cloaca. 

In this case, treatment is called Ovocentesis.   Oxytocin to contract the uterine muscles is not indicated as it will cause more stress and injury. 

OVOCENTESIS - a needle in a syringe is used to suck out the contents of the egg. It collapses. So the shell is easy to extract out.
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