Urgent Care :: My Turtle is not eating need help

[munkly]

oki guyz .. i need some expert opinion here .. since 2-3 days i can see tht my turtle is not eating pellets or blood worms tht she used to eat like crazy , the water temp nd everything is perect 80F and she does bask normally , but she tends to get scared more often! like runin in water when i get a lil closer to her, and shez been sleepin in a wierd position nowdays , shez like hanging with the dock :S ... shez only 7 months old , i just gave her one fish yesterday which she ate otherwise shez not eating at all , plz help me asap! shez my life

here r some pics just thought will give u guyz a better idea! and can u guyz tell me if the eyes r okay?'

[Caphits]

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Perhaps you could try a different brand of pellets, and see if he likes them.

Sometimes they get tired of the same thing.

[munkly]

i tried tht already doesnt work! ... and i just cudnt concentrate tht much b4r as i wz just soo worried! .. nevertheless i still think its quite clear what im tryin to explain here! ... spotsmama! marisa! i need yr adivcE!

[tapioca]

there is a powder (called in mexico BIOTAVIT, though in other countries it might be something else) wich is a vitaminic suplement with some kind of hunger stimulant, used by vets to make domestic animals eat a lot to get fat (like pigs and hens)

you should be able to get it with any vet, just let your turtle get dry on a containter maybe with newspapers to absorb the water, to see if it opens its eyes. after that put your turtle in a medium container with some water and disolve some part of the powder in the water so that the turtle absorbs it with its dried skin.

do that once every day and try to feed it after that, while it's still in the water
try every kind of food (I mean turtle food)

for the eyes you need a special antibiotic with vitamin A for turtles eyes, though your priority #1 is to get it to eat or it will die real soon

hope that helps and good luck

[munkly]

thanks alot tapioca i really appreciate yr concern ... the only prob at my end is i dnt hv any turtle vets here :S ... and no supplements either! i looked fr them yesterday almost chkd the whole city but no luck! *unlucky me* .... anywayz .. just a lil update ... the eyes look fine today and keechu is swimin very actively , and shez not scared frm me now or u can say a little less scared now so a positive sign! but about food ill still have to wait till 5pm as its her feeding time then! so ill update u guyz soon! ... i chngd her aquarium setup a little bit btw .. i provide her with a basking spot made of lego! ill upload pics in photo gallery!

[munkly]

weeeee! thankies to all! keechu is eating again! ... i chngd the tank setup nd she chngd her behaviour back to normal :D

[theartbook35]

What are your water and basking temperatures?

What size is your turtle?

Were there dramatic changes in the tank recently? Like adding new things, or adding more water, getting a bigger or smaller tank, anything of that nature.

A turtle unwilling to eat could be because of tank changes. The other reason can be if the temperatures are too low. Turtles in the wild do hibernate, but in captivity, they don't have the right conditions to hibernate properly. Because of a tank that is too cold, they will try to hibernate, and then their organs will eventually shut down. It's like being frozen to death without actually being covered in ice.

Edit: I scrolled up and noticed you mentioned keechu was eating again... I'm not changing my post though, cause it's still decent advice, in case anyone else with the same question ever roams across this thread.

[Azfar]

Yeayy~!! Finally Keechu back to normal.. great~! So don't worry too much ok~!

[munkly]

i appreciate yr concern! thanx alot theartbook .... nd yea azfar im soo happy :D:D:D i worry toooo much ^^