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i have had my female res for about a month, i have a male res have had him for about 2m yrs. just recently i noticed the female on the turtle dcok,all the time, one of her is almost swollen shut, she also has fluids coming out of her mouth. i made her go into the water today, she first was like floating in the water then she was almost lopsided, running into the sides of the tank, swimming sideways? do i need to seperate her from my male? is this an RI? please help!

definetly an RI.

you need to quarantine her so that the male won't catch the infection.

there are quite a few recent threads here about RI.

best of luck.

here you go: http://www.redearslider.com/respiratory_behavior.html

good luck.

Absolutely separate and get to vet ASAP. Good luck...

Look for a vet, but in the meantime, separate and keep her a bit warmer than usual (water 82F, basking area 10 degrees higher).