I have a Question about my Turtle

[resman1293]

I have a Big Salt water tank, and the person that comes once a month cleans it out and such. And i showed him my turtles and he said that one of them has a eye infection, does anyone recommend anything to cure him?

[Aqutic Man]

i would suggest that u sent them to a vet or u can go to Turtlesale.com and ask for the type of eye drops ur turtles need
http://www.turtlesale.com/home/index.php?page=medications

[~Cindy~]

Sometimes they can scratch them. Sometimes they can have a vitamin deficiency. They have drops for

TURTLE EYE DROPS

A liquid cleaning agent to treat turtle eye problems. Sometimes a turtles eyes may become inflamed from the dirt, debris, and germs in their water. TURTLE EYE DROPS help relieve this problem.

 Repti Turtle Eye Drops
This product opens and cleans inflamed eyes. It can be used as a preventative for eye diseases caused by vitamin A deficiency. This is especially helpful with box turtle eye problems.

http://www.turtlesale.com/home/index.php?page=medications

Sometimes that won't work and you will need a vet. How often do you change your water? Do you add a dechlorinator? You don't have it in a salt water tank right? What type of filter do you have? Tank size?

[Aqutic Man]

yes that is a great idea

[resman1293]

well i dont have salt in there, i have one red ear slider, 10 gallon, i do use the chlorine remover and i change the water every 5 days

[~Cindy~]

Do you have a filter? Anything it could of scratched its eye on? Could you take pictures of the setup and the turtle?

[resman1293]

sure i would be happy to do so.

[resman1293]

well it just so happens that my turts eyes are much better he is much more lively and his eyes look more normal. but the is one other thing i am a little concerned about. He has these yellowish pocket like bumps on the lower sides of his mouth. Since there on both sides i wasn't to concerned i thought they were normal, but now there standing out a bit more. Can anyone help me?

[~Cindy~]

Pictures please? Upload them to www.photobucket.com after making a account then copy and paste the bottom box under the picture in your post.

[~Cindy~]

It sort of looks like a fungus but the pictures are a bit blurry so I can't say with 100 percent certainty. I would also add a filter to your tank even though you clean it. A filter cleans things you can't see

Check this and see if any of this looks like your turtle
http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/emergencies.htm

[resman1293]

ill try to get a more clear picture of it soon because its hard to identify on that website.

[~Cindy~]

At first I thought fungus but now it looks more like a blister. Is there anyway he is getting burned on his heater?

[resman1293]

thats what i was thinking but my heater has a guard and i felt all around it for very hot spots and there was none.

[~Cindy~]

Do you have a heat rock? Can he touch the light? I still would get a filter however.

[resman1293]

well there no no way he an touch the light theres no heat rock and ive had a filter this whole time. But the reason im curious about this is because he has it on both sides of his mouth....