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06-Jan-08, 07:19 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Melb Age/Gender: 17  | | |
hey i have a short neck turtle with a swallon pussy eye, i cant get pics atm,anyone got any ideas on hhow to treat or what it might be?cheers
mum wont take me to the vet ethier,, shes thinks its a waste of money for a turtle lol
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06-Jan-08, 07:36 PM
|  | instant karma Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: melbourne Age/Gender: 24  | | | | is there anything in the tank that could have scratched him? is he housed alone? the health of a turtle is not a waste of money btw .... |
06-Jan-08, 07:38 PM
|  | Invert nut Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | | the only thing to do atm is get it to a vet, also you need to know what caused it so you can fix the prob.
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06-Jan-08, 07:41 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Melb Age/Gender: 17 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by itbites  is there anything in the tank that could have scratched him? is he housed alone? the health of a turtle is not a waste of money btw .... | his with two eastern long neck turtles, but they stay away from him,, thiers a few rocks n things he could of scrathed himself on,,, he still feeds good |
06-Jan-08, 07:49 PM
|  | herp addict Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: werribee Age/Gender: 19 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by crush the turtle hey i have a short neck turtle with a swallon pussy eye, i cant get pics atm,anyone got any ideas on hhow to treat or what it might be?cheers
mum wont take me to the vet ethier,, shes thinks its a waste of money for a turtle lol | bathing its eye with salt water may help but get it to a herp vet asap |
06-Jan-08, 07:50 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Melb Age/Gender: 17 | | | | ok ill tryy that thanks |
06-Jan-08, 08:09 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: The Well Of Souls (Victoria) Age/Gender: 36 | | | Tell your mum it needs a vet check, or when she's in the nursing home you find for her in her old age, she might not need a lift to the doctors one day as it's just an old woman. 
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06-Jan-08, 08:16 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Jul-04 Location: Not on APS Gender: | | | | A native freshwater turtle is no less important than a dog or cat, in fact in my book just as important.
Try bathing the eye in saline solution, available from a chemist, and if you have a friendly local chemist talk to them about the possibility of selling you an anti-biotic eye ointment like chloropt or optigentin-S, and explain that it is for your turtle which is a much loved family pet, and that you cannot afford to take it to the vet. Now I do not recommend not seeing a vet which I also feel is necessary and important, but if your mum refuses to 'take a mere turtle' then this will be the next best thing.
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06-Jan-08, 08:22 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | | I have also read that (in ELN's anyway) swallon eyes can be caused by poor water quality. As for the puss I dont know. | |
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