A 5-year-old terrapin yawns and spits out water - respiratory infection
Channel: Dr David Sing
Date: 2016-06-23

A vet gave 7 IM oxytetracycline inj for alternate days and the terrapin no longer gasps or yawns.. Also Tobradex eye drops into the eyes and lungs. This "yawning"  recurs and the owner brought this terrapin to Toa Payoh Vets. 

This terrapin was abandoned and had lived in a pond. The young lady adopted her. I videoed this terrapin during consultation. She "yawned" once. She goes for outdoor walks and could there be allergy from environmental substances causing gasping.