Urgent Care :: help - my turtle is going to die =[

[DavidY]

You can just bring pebbles and bubbles to the vet since they are the ones with the symptoms. Tell the vet that Flipper was in the same tank but hasn't shown symptoms yet. Hey may give you medicine for flipper too.

Turtles will usually try to crawl under the darkest tightest places possible as Runnin mentioned. Was the room he was in closed up or is it possible that he got out into the rest of the house?

[faithin_felix]

i swear the water wasn't that hot!! it wasn't boiling water, lukewarm mixed with cold. poor flippers =[

[DavidY]

Turtles are good escape artists and they are surprisingly good climbers too. That's why i mentioned to be careful to make sure he couldn't climb out. Don't blame yourself, it's part of the learning process. Turtles can survive out of water and without food for more than a day or two (or even more sometimes). Just make sure to look under everything. Also, look in the folds in any blankets, sheets, etc. that are might be on the floor.

[xsavingsaturdayx]

Keep the house at a warm temperature too. Like shut off all ac's.

[faithin_felix]

he climbed up over that towel to escape grrrr

oh an update on bubbles and pebbles: pebbles seems to swim fine now at least his hind legs dont face up while his heads on the bottom and floats around
he also doesnt make the noises or opens his mouth.

[xsavingsaturdayx]

Take them to the vet still. Just because they are not making noises and acting that lethargic doesnt mean they are cured from whatever they have.

[RunninWideOpen]

Start looking in the closest places to where Flipper last was. He most likely went for the first good hiding spot he could find. Could even still be in the bathroom somewhere.

How big is Flippers again?

[faithin_felix]

Flippers is about 2"

the closest thing was under a bed, i pulled the whole bed out and i couldn't find anything. Now i was out for four hours, and my door was open it could of left my room.

I plan to be quiet for an hour and hope it comes out.

[RunninWideOpen]

Well, under the bed probably isn't really the ideal place for a turtle anyway. They'll tend to go somewhere that they can barely fit. They'll squeeze into places you wouldn't expect them to fit.

[faithin_felix]

nono the bed isn't like any other bed
this bed has drawers under the bed, so the gap is real tiny!

[DavidY]

Try looking under any furniture that has any kind of gap under it. Also behind furniture and under baseboard heaters (if you have those). If there are cracks under the closet doors that the turtle could squeeze under, look in there too.

[marisa]

Look also under any clothing, papers, things of that sort that might be on the floor.

[faithin_felix]

i found him...he was so dusty...he was under a wardrobe, he crawled under my computer desk across the room and into a gap and then under wardrobe

update: all three turtles eat now, but i still plan on calling a vet tommorow

also, how do you know if a turtle is blind or not?

[DavidY]

That's great news! I'm glad you were able to find him.

That's also good that they are eating too. But if it's RI they will need antibiotics to keep it from coming right back again.

I can always get my turtles to follow my finger if I hold it up to the outside of the glass on their tank. That's one way of knowing if they're blind or not. Another way is if you very quietly enter the room while they are basking. They will look right at you and usually dive back in the water. Why do you think one of them might be blind?

[RunninWideOpen]

I am so glad you found him!!! Good job in your search efforts!