Laura T
New Member
Hi All,
We adopted a Russian Tortoise back in December of 2016. She's been great, she gets regular soaks, eats a variety of lettuce and moves about her habitat often.
About 1.5 weeks ago I noticed she was less active but still eating her usual amount. Her eye started to stay closed more than open. And she became more lethargic and eating a lot less. Worried she had a vitamin deficieny (I read up on it), I gave her a baby food carrot soak (last Friday). I also started to soak her in h2o daily. Then on this past Saturday we noticed a white spot on her eye. So I was able to get her in with an exotic vet and he confirmed that she has a corneal abrasion. We took her home and started the drops immediately.
So here we are on day three of eye drops, and now she has both eyes shut and won't eat anything. She's worse than she was before the vet appointment. She'll open her "good eye" when I take her out and wake her up a bit. But she's very limp.
I'm at a loss and very worried. I just got home from work and she seems worse than this morning. She's technically my 7 year old sons pet and he's starting to panic.
The pictures were just taken.
Thanks!
Laura
(I pride myself on my reptile care as I've had an aquatic turtle for 35 years, so this is killing me that she's sick and I can't make her better)
We adopted a Russian Tortoise back in December of 2016. She's been great, she gets regular soaks, eats a variety of lettuce and moves about her habitat often.
About 1.5 weeks ago I noticed she was less active but still eating her usual amount. Her eye started to stay closed more than open. And she became more lethargic and eating a lot less. Worried she had a vitamin deficieny (I read up on it), I gave her a baby food carrot soak (last Friday). I also started to soak her in h2o daily. Then on this past Saturday we noticed a white spot on her eye. So I was able to get her in with an exotic vet and he confirmed that she has a corneal abrasion. We took her home and started the drops immediately.
So here we are on day three of eye drops, and now she has both eyes shut and won't eat anything. She's worse than she was before the vet appointment. She'll open her "good eye" when I take her out and wake her up a bit. But she's very limp.
I'm at a loss and very worried. I just got home from work and she seems worse than this morning. She's technically my 7 year old sons pet and he's starting to panic.
The pictures were just taken.
Thanks!
Laura
(I pride myself on my reptile care as I've had an aquatic turtle for 35 years, so this is killing me that she's sick and I can't make her better)