My turtle won't open its eyes...help?

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My turtle won't open his eyes?

His eyes are puffed up, there is NO way of him opening them and this has gone on for about a month. I am pretty sure he has not eaten at all, and he is quite skinny. I tried to feed him, took him to the vet, used eye drops, you name it. But nothing works! I just lost one to mouth rot and I know he does not have a disease because I checked for respitory and mouth rot, and she'll rot....etc. WHAT do I do?? I don't want to looses him... Please helpw

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Keep the water in the tank exceptionally clean and raise the temperature by 5 degrees. Also try and...

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My Female red ear slider turtle wont open her eyes?

i have a red ear slider turtle and she will not open her eyes and she looks like she trys really hard to open them.She move and walks but doesnt open her eyes.Only way to get her to open them is to splash some warm water on her face.What does she have...

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Respiratory infection is the most common cause of eye symptoms in small slider turtles, but there are...

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How do i apply eye drops to my turtle when he wont open his eyes?

He's a baby red ear slider and i just got eye drops for him because he has an eye infection, but if causes him to keep his eyes closed. i have another turtle who has a small infection, but she takes the eye drops just fine. (her eyes stay open) My point...

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Put your thumb on the bottom eyelid and gently pull it downward to open the eye and administer the eye...

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Turtle wont open eyes and barely moves?

OK i dont know where to start i woke up and my 2 year old had my baby redear upstairs and i took him back and put him in his tank then about 5 to 10 min later my girl friend screamed saying hes dead. he was upside down and i picked him and he started...

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Well I don't know much about turtles but I do know reptiles, and they burn their energy reserves fast...

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Turtle wont open eyes and barely moves part 2?

he will only move when i put hot water over him or warm water, he wont go in his shell and i know my 2 year old should not have touched him but he was very quiet, i also have two other turtles that are five years old and have had them for five years...

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Why the F.ck are you putting hot water on it. Wtf is wrong with you. No wonder his eyes don't open.

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kill it

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Aaah! I dont know what to do..my turtle wont open his eyes....!!!!!?

Since yesterday he has been like this,his eyes look a little bigger like the outside and some white stuff was coming out kinda not alot just alittle..and I took him out of the water ...show more

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Do what Peek says.Make sure the turtle is warm enough and has a dry place to bask. Get the reptile eye...

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Why wont my turtle eat?

I got my turtle for 5-6 years. My turtle was doing fine. And then all of a sudden. I sorta forgot to feed my turtles for couple months. And i use to have 3 turtles. 1 of them wont eat and it died. Then the other one just died. I don't know why. And now...

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After the next heavy rain, go out and collect earthworms while they are still alive. No healthy turtle...

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well, first you need to ask yourself, are you properly taking care of it? Are you using water conditioners...

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