Please help my box turtle is swelling

LJ2tuff

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My eastern box turtle started swelling a few weeks ago I thought it was slow because of winter but I looked and it can’t pull its arm into its shell. It also has a hard time moving around and doesn’t seem to ever move its arms.

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Perhaps @jeff kushner can recommend one?
If you are in the area of MD close to Philadelphia, you could take your turtle to the exotics department at the Univ. of PA Vet School. They have a good staff there.

If not, you can search for a vet closer to you on this site: https://arav.site-ym.com/search/custom.asp?id=3661

It is fairly self-explanatory. You just put in your location info and how many miles you are willing to go to get to a good reptile vet to find one
 
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