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How big is your turtle? 5 inches
How long have you had it? 4 months

What is the water temperature? 82
Did you use a thermometer? Yes
Are you using a water heater? Yes
How much water is in there? 40 gal
Are you using a water conditioner? Yes
Are you using any filtration? Yes

What is the basking temperature? Unsure. Approx 76 to 78
Is there a basking light? Yes
Is there a basking platform that is easy to climb on? Yez
What kind is it or what is it made out of? Tile and PVC
Is there a UVB light? Yes

What have you been trying to feed it? ANYTHING
When was the last time your turtle ate? Willingly, several weeks

How big is the tank/pond/enclosure? 40 gal breeder
Is the tank near a window? No
Is the tank in a room with a lot of activity? Moderate

Have you read the Basic Care section? Yes
Have you searched the forums for similar situations? Yes

Is there any other unusual activity/symptoms? Currently being treates for RI. Not seeming to feel much better at all and this is day 6. What can I do? :'( Should she be dry docked or in the tank? I am so lost and so sad

Can someone help? I'm looking for any ideas that anyone has used to help their RES through RI? Please???

Is she on antibiotics? Many of them can suppress appetite. Does she have a vet? Any discussion about force feeding? Unless instructed, I don't think she should be dry docked. I would also try an electrolyte soak - plain Pedialyte mixed with warm water and some crumbled up pellets (in hopes she drinks some in).

She died this morning. :'(

When I left for work she was okay... my husband messaged me about 4 hours later and she's gone. I'm heartbroken.

She was on Fortaz every 3rd day, started 1 week ago so gave her her 3rd injection yesterday... force fed her a little bit because I didn't want her to just wither up and die which she did anyway. :'(

I didn't have her dry docked. The vet had her dry docked and she looked worse than when I took her to him, so I tried her back in her quarantine tank and she perked right up. I did electrolyte soaks as well as Polyvisol soaks... what I force fed was tuna juice and not much. Just SOMETHING in her tummy. She did great for about 2 days after her first shot at the vet and then has been going down, down, down since.

Now she's gone.

OH and yes sorry, she had a vet who is experienced with amphibians/reptiles/terrapins

Just wasn't enough. I feel like I failed her in a huge way. The vet tech had instructed me to inject her close to her tail... but I had always been instructed in the past to inject IM on the front half of the body, so that's what I did. Last night I put the tank heater from main tank into the quarantine tank to make it even warmer than it was. Had it set for about 82. So I don't think she got too hot? I don't know. My husband found her floating in the water today, but when I left she was up on her rock like every other day for the last few weeks.

Ugh I feel so, so bad.

I'm sorry to hear it. I don't think it was your fault, her situation was pretty serious. I've only heard of the injections in the front too, alternating the limbs. Sorry you lost her