General Care Discussion :: white puffed eye

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Post Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:57 pm   white puffed eye

my turtle has been basking all day and his eye seems to look alitttle white and closed....can anyone help
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Post Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:16 pm   

It's just the one eye? Can he open the eye or is it crusted closed? If it's just one eye, it could be an infection or an injury/scratch that's infected. I'd get some Zoo-Med Eye Drops and try them for about a week to see if it helps.

One caution: make sure the drops are good. I bought some just last night from Petco for one of my painteds. This morning after applying a few drops, I happened to notice a black mold-like substance floating in the container. I bought another bottle at Petsmart this afternoon and was amazed to see the difference in the color between the two bottles. Petco's bottle was obviously quite old (the bottles are not dated). Needlesstosay, I'm taking Petco's eye drops back to them and letting them know how I feel about being sold an out-dated product that's potentially dangerous to my turt!
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Post Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:20 pm   

its just the one eye and the other does look crusted up.....he has been on the basking float all dam day.....and he even took a [----] on the ramp
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Post Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:56 pm   

thank you so much i rushed over to pets mart and got the zoo med eye drops and as soon as i put him back in it opened right up and shes swining around now
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Post Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:46 pm   

update on condtion????

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Post Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:56 am   

Hey fish, check here, http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4259

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