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SurferGrrl · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject: drowned turtle help

I found one of my baby red eared sliders floating in the pond today very lifeless. I quickly scooped him up and he moved just a little bit. I followed the care procedures for a drowned turtle because as I was checking him out those are the symptoms he seemed to have. Unfortunately I think I was too late but am not sure how to tell, he has not been moving for the past hour or so at all. Is there any way to tell or should I assume he has died? Please help. Also there is nothing in the pond that he could have gotten trapped under or hurt by so how could this happen? Any helpful advice is much appreciated.

turtle_grl77 · Level 4 Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 985 Location: Florida

I am sorry but I dont think there is much else you can do for it. I see your from Titusville. Thats like right around the corner from me. If your interested in adopting a turtle I have one that I will let you adopt.

SurferGrrl · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:52 pm Post subject:

turtle_grl77 · Level 4 Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 985 Location: Florida

Where did you buy him from? Like i said I live just outside of Titusville. In Pt St John.

SurferGrrl · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:49 pm Post subject:

I bought him from Petland in the MI mall. I have gotten turtles from there before and they have always been good healthy turtles. I will post pics of my new baby later.

MinisMommy · Level 3 Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 103

turtles are very good swimmers, so if there was nothing to be caught under I would guess he probably did not drown. But baby turtles can get sick very fast and die very fast. Since the turtle was floating I am going to guess the turtle had a respiratory infection that got the worst of him. They are very very common in baby turtles. What is the water temp in the pond you are keeping them in. It really needs to be about 80f.

turtle_grl77 · Level 4 Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 985 Location: Florida

Be careful I have seen many of baby turtles there with white on their shells and very soft.

deesygirl · Moderator Joined: 12 Sep 2002 Posts: 1227

You might want to put some resting spots in your pond. I just checked out your pond pics. I used a similar setup until this year.
Babies are good swimmers but they need resting spots. I bought those long plastic plants used for lizards. They are about 3 feet tall. I took the base an d suction cups off and floated it on the top of the water. It gave them lots of hiding places, wich is natural behaviour in hatchlings, as well as good resting spots that were easy for them to climb on.
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SurferGrrl · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:02 pm Post subject:

thanks for your help guys, like I said I'm not sure he drowned but that is how it seemed. I do have the turtle log in there for a resting spot and the two plant shelves are only about an inch deep. I have a plan for their future home I posted in the pond section.

Turday · Level 2 Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 97

sorry for your lost..

another way you can tell hes dead is his eyes are sucked inn
and if hes really stiff.
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