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    sick box turtle

    I am home from the vet. My turtle was given a shot of Baytril and some medicine for me to administer at home, also Baytril. It is .2ml every 48 hours in case anyone needs to know. The vet also looked at my other 5 turtles, they were all OK. I just want to say thank You to everyone for the help...
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    sick box turtle

    I did not give ant amoxicillian last night and the eyes are bad again. I know the amoxicillian helped. Today my prayers are answered. My work let me have the day off. The rain has us slow for the day and I was not given any assignments. I will be taking her to the vet ASAP. I am soaking in...
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    sick box turtle

    She still has bubbles, she is alert when I am in the room with her. When I go away she sleeps. Not sure how she like the carrot soak but she got one! I let he in there for 30 minutes or so. Her weight from yesterday to today is the same. I feel a bit better today now that she is not seeping...
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    sick box turtle

    I just got home and have her in warm water with carrots that I blended into a sauce. Here eyes are not as they were yesterday. They were open. I am not sure if that is from the amoxicillian I gave her or not. But I will not give her more because she looks 100 times better today. After I settle...
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    sick box turtle

    Well she is having bubbles from her nose when breathing. She also has fluid draining from her eyes when she closes and opens them. The eyes are not swollen though. Her stool she left in the soak last night was small but it was in good form and color. Her eating was slowed to a stop, I would say...
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    sick box turtle

    She is all by herself. The others are still outdoors. I am in Texas so it is not cold out here from them yet. Is this a common illness that they get? She was thriving gaining 30 grams or so since June. She stopped eating for 2 days I would say, I was thinking a late batch of eggs. Then one day I...
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    sick box turtle

    I have a box turtle that is sick. Her eyes have fluid from them when she opens them. She has bubbles from her nose, not every time she breathe but enough to know it is not water from a drink. I can not get her to a vet until thursday. What can I do in the mean time? She has also lost 20 grams of...
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