thepalaeontologicaltort
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Hello everyone
I recently bought a redfoot tortoise (about 2 weeks ago) and he or she has been very happy until a few days ago when I noticed that his/her eye looked puffy and the area around it was and is swollen, it seems like there is some dirt or somthing on his bottom eyelid. He/she has also stopped eating as much in the last couple of days and is not as active as before. I am giving him/her daily soaks and using a cotton bud with saline solution on it to gently wipe over his eye. Not sure of what exactly is wrong so any pointers would be helpful and I hope that I have been doing the correct things to help the tortoise (I still haven't named the tortoise because I'm awful at deciding what to call anything )
I recently bought a redfoot tortoise (about 2 weeks ago) and he or she has been very happy until a few days ago when I noticed that his/her eye looked puffy and the area around it was and is swollen, it seems like there is some dirt or somthing on his bottom eyelid. He/she has also stopped eating as much in the last couple of days and is not as active as before. I am giving him/her daily soaks and using a cotton bud with saline solution on it to gently wipe over his eye. Not sure of what exactly is wrong so any pointers would be helpful and I hope that I have been doing the correct things to help the tortoise (I still haven't named the tortoise because I'm awful at deciding what to call anything )