My Red-Ear Slider's head started to twitch out of no where, what is causing this?

Question

I was looking on yahoo answers and some say its normal but he has never done this before. It looks painful truthfully, one of his eyes close and his head jus twitches for about 3 sec. Its been happening all day, on and off. His eye isnt swollen, doesnt look injured or unhealthy. Last night it got pretty cold, but i believe he had enuff heat. Also he stayed on the basking rock alot longer then usual today. I read it could be a lack of vitamin b, i have only feed him feeder fish twice. I feed him that, carrots,pellets, lettuce,apple and pheonix worms. Not at the same time ofcourse, iam just saying his diet isnt one sided. His water is clean, the chlorine is out of it. At this point i just dont know, only thing i could think of is maybe he eat a bad feeder fish or he cold. Either way iam worried for him and any help would be appreciated. There isnt a vet for 100 miles where i live, seriously. So iam pretty much have to solve this on my own. Thanks

Answer 1

1. Head twitching IS normal, and comes and goes. We would not normally worry about it unless it happens more constantly.

2. Depending on the size of the turtle, I am not real happy with the diet. Where would a wild Red-ear Slider get carrots or apples? If the turtle is over about 3 or 4", then the lettuce is OK, as long as it is dark leafy kinds of lettuce or greens, but most other veggies should be pretty rare, and pond turtles really don't need fruits. Apples and carrots is a lot of sugar, which turtles do not handle well.

3. You may wish to review the basic cares and diet to see if there are any glitches. Try http://www.redearslider.com and http://www.austinsturtlepage.com for help.

Answer 2

He sounds like he's got the 'shakes'. He's gonna need some UVB and a calcium boost. UVB can be obtained by buying the lighting or natural sunlight. Trying to obtain this via closed window won't help you. Glass blocks UVB and this sucks. So try this... hopefully it helps you.

Answer 3

take him to the vet i also have a red eared slider but hes not like that.