Closed eye - Help!

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ShellyGinny29

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My three-and-a-half year old Eastern Box Turtle Ginny's right eye has been shut since yesterday! Her left eye opens but it looks like there's some goopy white stuff on her right eye, and I don't know what to do! Can anyone help?
 

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Do you soak the baby every day? Soaking helps loosen whatever is stuck in there and then the baby can wipe it away with a front leg. Does the turtle eat?
 

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She hasn't eaten yet.... I'll try soaking. I just gave her some small apple pieces for her to eat and I might take her outside to exercise so I might find some slugs or roly-polys for her to eat.
 

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My tortoise had the same problem now it's fine I just kept bathing him when needed and but water over its eye when it got stuck and gently cleaned it
 
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