Urgent Care :: sick frankie

[gloveman]

she was healthy for the first two weeks....and in the last day she has not gotton of the dock.....and her eye was closed so i got the zoo meds drops...and over night i wake up and she is still on the basking dock.....what should i do

[missibsu]

I would bump up the water temp a few degrees to give her immune system a boost.

Do you notice any other signs, is she breathing through her mouth? Is there mucus? Wheezing? Are both eyes crusty, or just the one?

Also make sure you keep the water super clean.

[gloveman]

its just the one eye thats crusted over white.....and i could bump up the temp.......and i just did a 5 gallon water change from 26 gallons

[marisa]

Raise the basking area to 81-82F and make the basking area about 10 degrees higher. Your turtle isn't in a room with AC is s/he? If so, I wouldn't use it? Your turtle can't open the eye at all?

Will your turtle eat?

[gloveman]

yes i have an ac in my room but i set it at 70% and i have a good basking area with a 60 watt bulb about 8 inches from the dock.....no she isn't eating at all......she is just sitting on the basking dock for the last two days now....i keep the water at 75 also....the eyes opens for a minute afte i use the drops but within an hour its back closed

[steve]

Have you raised the water/basking temperatures ? Try to keep the water 82F and the basking 90F. You need to use a thermometer to measure it accurately. Also, if there's no improvement you should take him to an appropriate vet.

[marisa]

I'd stop using the AC in the room with your turtle. The temps do need to be warmer than you have them (see my above post), and the AC will only work against that for the ambient air temp in the tank.

The fact that's your turtle isn't eating is not a good sign...You need to make those changes quickly. If you do and you don't see any improvment soon, you need to take your turtle to a herp vet. There's a post with links to them at the top of the forum. Good luck. Let us know what happens.

[gloveman]

well i followed all the advice you guys gave me.....frankie is still alive but barley....i put her in and out of the water and now it seems she can't get back up on the basking dock.....so i put her there for now and even got her some sunlight today.....sorry everyone...my mistake i promise to wait till i have the right light, heating, water temp, and gallons to inch before i get another turtle...

[marisa]

Find a herp vet and take her in to be seen...Look at the post with links on the top of the forum.

What do you mean when you say you're putting her in and out of the water? Frankie sounds weak--I'd make a "sick tank" for her---water lower so she doesn't have to expend energy, a basking area that's really easy to get on, temps as noted above. And find a vet.

Don't just "give up" on her...

[Andrew7769]

ahh marisa in another topic gloveman posted that frainkie passed away i think
http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4270

[marisa]

Yes, I just read it.