Hi Cervoned: Hi! We are
NEW to Redearslider.com! I have a friendly sweet hatchling, same situation, as I'm in Japan and finding a vet for a turtle would be a situation. I only have had Goodluck for 2 days now, but he loves me!! . Goodluck came with a bump on the top of his neck, right side. I got him at a fair stall at the shrine. I was worried and glad I found this super website. I also have the same working background, and I teach Reiki, and with no vet who'd do this around here, I also did the medical surgery, while applying hands on healing which really healed the wound fast. A hardened white pus came out too. But ther still seems to be more in there, but nothing came out, so I don't know if I have to make a bigger hole, as I only did a pin prick, and searched for more in the bump, but nothing else oozed out, so I will clean out more as the days go by if needed..., then I cleaned with bactrine solution afterwards and water. RIght now, Goodluck is in a white basin, dry. I don't want to place the baby in water, because just like Donny, Goodluck loves to swim too and be submerged. I'm wondering how your baby is doing? Is he still with you and OK? DO you or (ANYONE) else have any recommendations for this hatchling? He/she is very young, only a 1 incher.As for her habitat I don't have a heater yet, as i just got him, but its hot here. As for food, he only likes to eat if I hand feed him, and it has to be new pellets each time. Plus, I also put - wakame (seaweed) and tiny oyster shells in the water aquarium for calcium and in case he might eat the kelp, and a few organic greens, but all he wants is the pellets. Can I keep the wakame in there for a while? As Goodluck asks me to feed him already, I really love him/her, so any assistance in making my baby more comfortable and happy would be great. Right now Goodluck is sleeping. No water, I hope that is okay, until the morning when I feed him, (but he does have lettuce in there and a shell with water in it. Thank you, Goodluck's Mom