Hi all,
Yes, I know you're all slider folks, but hoping someone might be able to help....
We have an eastern box turtle who is suddenly 'thrashing' around... it looks like she's choking on something. she'll open her mouth wide, stick her head out, then in, back and forth, and 'wipes' her face with her front feet. It's not manic or anything, but she's definitely distressed. Nothing coming out of her nose, no sounds, and she seems to be able to breathe ok.
She has a pool to swim in. We put her in it, in case a drink helped, and her behaviour didn't change too much. She'd lay still occasionally, under water, but continued to look like she's choking.
Any ideas of what we can do?
We've given her an exam, nothing we can see seems wrong except her behaviour and distressed looking movements.
I've looked at other discussions on the site, but hope someone might share some ideas.
Thanks,
Roger (on Flash's behalf)