Hi! I’ve had my baby red-eared slider for almost 6 months now. At first, I didn’t do much research and mostly fed her shrimp. I realize now that was too much protein, and she didn’t poop much back then.
About a month ago, I noticed her eyes were swollen shut and she had diarrhea. I started giving her daily carrot soaks to help her eyes and used turtle-safe eye drops. I also stopped feeding shrimp and started giving her boiled carrot bits instead.
After a while, her eyes got better, but the diarrhea continued. It was mostly orange, probably from the carrots. So recently, I stopped the carrot soaks since her eyes are fine now. I’ve changed her diet to 3–4 pellets a day and some green and red leaf.
She has trouble eating the pellets unless they break apart, but she does eat the pellet crumbs m and the leaves. The problem is, she still has diarrhea for about 3 weeks now, it’s flaky and mostly brown. She’s still eager to eat but says in the dark area and still most of the time. Also on the back of her shell some of the patterns are fading and she smells bad.
Is there anything I should do to help her like getting some probiotics maybe other than vet care?
I attached some images for reference. Thanks so much!
