somone help its about my turtle!!!!!!!?

Question

well i have a 50 gallon tank with rocks, a basking lamp, plants, and a filter. i have 4 red eared slider turtles there all about a few months old and one of them, has this stuff covering his eyes. he cant open them and hes always open his mouth for like no reason. what i need to no if you no any reptile vets, or vets that will take look at him, that are in florida around west palm beach. or tell me whats wrong with him.

Answer 1

i would seperate it from the others and set up a "sick" tank withproper lghting ect. and pet shops sell meds. for turtles...it sounds like a uper respitory infection....and is probably contagus to the other turtles.....google for a herpatologist vet in your area...good luck...treat all of them with the meds too to be sure....

Answer 2

1. Eye film can be from dirty water, vitamin A deficency, or infections.

2. Open mouth breathing *can* be pneumonia, but it is not a typical symptom. If there are no other symptoms (runny nose, white stuff in mouth, noisy breathing, etc.)

Before I spent money on a vet, I'd try some home remedies- starting with a hospital tank.

- Isolate the ill turtle in its own tank of at least 10 gallons of water
- Heat the water a bit above normal, say 80-85
- Keep the water VERY clean
- No stress, noises, vibrations, handling, etc.
- Great diet
- Great lighting, including UV
- Think about adding 'StressCoat' to the water
- Monitor carefully. If things get better, great! Keep it in isolation for a couple more weeks to be sure. If it shows new symptoms, ask about those. If it gets worse, seek out a good vet.

Your care sounds OK, but I wonder about a few things:
- Size of tank. The rule of thumb is 10 gallons per inch of turtle With 4 turtles, you need about a 40 gallon pond. In a 50 gal. tank, the pond is probably around 25 gallons or possibly less.
- Lighting- are you including any UV lighting?
- Filtration- turtles are messy. most of us need 2 to 3 times more filtration than the same size fish pond would.
- Diet- you don't mention it,and it causes a lot of owners a lot of problems.

Try the following sites for ideas:

Answer 3

This could be from several different things. You need a squeaky clean tank with this type of turtle. You also need a really good filtration system. Using chlorinated water could be a culprit, or even a vitamin A deficiency,. Opening it's mouth like that, could be because he's afraid that he can't see, or a respiratory infection, or any of a number of other reasons! You should probably take it to a vet. You would have to check in the yellow pages of your phone book, and call some of the listings to see if they would treat a turtle. These turtles are high maintenance, and need the proper care. I'm sure you are giving it, but like any living creature, it periodically requires medical attention. I hope it gets better soon! Not being able to see must be pretty frightening to even a turtle!!

Answer 4

It sounds like a respiratory infection,probably pneumonia.He needs a vet right away.He most likely needs injections of Baytril,an antibiotic used for reptiles.I don't live in Florida,so I don't know of any vets there,just look in the phone book.But mouth-breathing is definitely a sign of pneumonia,and the eyes could be from that or from a vitamin A deficiency.What are you feeding them?Hurry to the vet though,turtles can die really fast from pneumonia.Good luck.

Answer 5

He might have a c old or picked up a bacteria. He could spread it to the others so maybe you should isolate him until you could get him to a vet that treats reptiles. Here is a page with more info:

http://reslider.free.fr/backup/symptoms.html

Answer 6

Alameda West in Denver. They filmed the show Emergency vets on animal planet there. they have an awesome reptile Dr.

Answer 7

You need to get him to a vet ASAP. It sounds like he has a respiritarory infection. TAke him out of the tank and keep him in a bowl that he can't get out of. Try to keep the water somewhat warm if you can (not much water at all- just enough to keep him from drying out). They'll probably give him antibiotics.

Answer 8

sweetie, this question needs a vets answer..
take your turtle to a vet that knows something about these little darlings.. make a few phone calls!

Answer 9

sounds like your little guy has cold or soemthing goign take the whole tkae to th vet nad strat them on the medsf rom the vet i have four box turtles here nad that is isgn of a cold of something eles is goign on with them thta means that they are sick

Answer 10

best thing to do is call a few vets around you and ask them if the take care of reptiles , if not ask them if they know who does, i think most of them know alittle about them