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Update #2: He now weighs 11 grams and is able to dive!! He's still floating a tad, but not enough to keep him permanently at the surface and he has plenty of stuff to hold onto at the bottom of the tank. The rear of the carapace is still quite squishy, but he has a new basking area with better...

Thanks! Can I ask what size your tank is so I can get a reference for how it's going to look on mine?

Some relevant backstory: My rescue hatchling turtle Bowser has been struggling with MBD for about a month now, and I just ordered this above tank basking area. His current water level is about 2-3 inches high since he's been floating (has been floating since I had him with his butt up, yes I...

I have tried to feed him in a separate container, I even left him in there for an hour, but he still didn't want to eat. I've offered greens, blueberries, tuna (in water not oil), pellets, mealworms, and live insects and he hasn't shown any interest :( I also don't leave food in his tank, but I...

Update, it's been a month and he's still floating and refusing to eat. He is starting to shed his scutes though and seems to be slightly bigger

UPDATE: Took him to the vet, he has the beginning of metabolic bone disease (shell is a little squishy) and pneumonia. He got diluted antibiotics and I was shown how to administer them to him every three days, he also got some liquid calcium and critical care that I need to syringe feed him...

He seems active but I don't really know what that looks like in a baby turtle. He spends the large majority of his time basking and napping and swims in the water for a minutes or so after 10-20 minutes of basking, and sleeps in the water at night. He swims pretty fast and has no problem...

Thank you for the help, I do live in the DMV area and there seem to be a lot of exotic practices that have specialized reptile vets here, but I will be careful and continue to monitor him He has gone 5 days at least without eating and I'm worried about him starving since baby turtles can only go...

I'm gonna get him some sand and real plants he can chew on when I get paid next week, the filter is supposed to be for a 30 gallon but I'll see how well it does. Thank you for the help, he was super active and checked everything out before settling down for a nap. I do need to get him a general...

How does this look? I tried to add more wood to give him shaded hiding spots but he immediately got stuck so I removed it. I'm taking him to the vet tomorrow since they're not open weekends.

I've had him for 3 days, I got him from a friend of a friend who was going to release him if I didn't take him and was keeping him in poor conditions. His left eye was swollen closed and he was walking in circles when I got him but is now looking fine. I heard that it can take a couple weeks for...

I angled the light directly over and the basking temps read as over 100 F, and he doesn't show any other symptoms of pneumonia like floating on one side, ear swelling, eye/nasal discharge, etc. Only his butt floats.

Thank you, I did take the temps and his basking area is reading at 85 degrees, and about 2 inches above that the temp is reading 90-100 so I was worried about moving it closer since it's a 75 watt and I didn't wanna burn him.

I'd also like to mention that the water quality readings are insane for a 3 day old tank, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and about 10 ppm nitrate. I did get scared and dump some extra beneficial bacteria into the tank 2 days ago because my old test strips were reading a super high level of ammonia, but...

I have a northern red bellied cooter, I'm not sure how old he is but he's about an inch big and I've had him for three days. Ever since I put him in the tank he's been floating with his butt higher than his front. I'm pretty sure it's a gas issue but I'm super worried about accidentally harming...