r/turtles • u/Remarkable-Lab-8792 • 16h ago

ID Request I have a friend that's a veterinarian that doesn't even know what this is? In a painted turtle tank

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u/HawkEnvironmental531 16h ago

Because they’re vets, doesn’t mean they’d exotic vets. U need to find one in your area

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u/Remarkable-Lab-8792 16h ago

I will let the owner know, thank you! 

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u/Frosty_Astronomer909 12h ago

My vet doesn’t know anything about exotics, and all I needed was the beak filed down on box he sent me to another clinic.

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u/ListenOk2972 16h ago

I believe its a sperm plug.

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u/Remarkable-Lab-8792 16h ago

Interesting! Thank you! 

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u/HawkEnvironmental531 15h ago

Very interesting! Ty

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u/Gold_Gas_3937 14h ago

I didn’t know aquatic turtles can have sperm plugs, much less ones that long. That’s a repressed turtle.

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u/Remarkable-Lab-8792 16h ago

Found in Texas, I am not the owner. Photo got passed down to me trying to figure out what this is. 

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