Hi all...I need some help with my turtle. I had bought two baby RES turtles about 3 or 4 weeks ago. I was on vacation in Florida and I had to drive back with them in the car. I know they don't travel well, but they seemed to get through it fine. When I got home I put them in a plastic drawer type container to make sure they were fine for a few days until I went out and spent a ton of money on turtles that might not make it. The one turtle started to get these white/gray spots on her skin and I was told it could be a funus type of infection, so I sucked it up and went and got them a real tank. Within two days she was fine and eating again. The other turtle seemed to be fine, but then as the one got better the other got worse. I bought a 10 gallon tank with a filter, heater, and basking area with a proper basking lamp. I'm keeping the water at around 85 since the one turtle seems to be sick.
The problems seem to be him not eating, he seems very weak, (sometimes he flips himself in the water and can't turn back over), he seems to be gasping for air when he gets out of breath, his eyes are swollen and he almost never opens them, and just recently he developed a white/brown looking spot on his shell. What is wrong and what should I do to help him? I didn't have a heater in the tank until just recently, so I'm hoping that helps. If there is anything else I can do please let me know!
Any other info you need I'll keep checking back to fill you in. I can also provide a picture of the turtle if need be. (someone will have to tell me how to do that since I'm new on this thing, thanks)
Thanks so much!
Julie
