My baby RES woke up this morning with puffy eyes. he rubbed at them and now they look fine. is anything wrong?

I have all the proper UVA and UVB lighting. he is all fine now, constantly hungry and energetic as always. but i was just worried this morning because they were shut and swollen for at least 2 minutes, he was rubbing at them and finally his eyes opened one by one. should i be worried?





Any advice would help. Thanks so much!My baby RES woke up this morning with puffy eyes. he rubbed at them and now they look fine. is anything wrong?
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they get sick easily, shell rot, respiratory sickness, lopsided swimming, coughing, blowing bubbles from their nose. Fungus white cotton patches on their skin?


**Swollen cloudy eyes which means lacking in Vitamin A. Which we all need for good eyes. Google 鈥榲egetables with Vitamin A.


They do have eye drops..but give fruits and veggies...itys the only way.


For their needed protein and calcium drop 20 or so feeder guppies, goldfish or minnows in the tank and watch them disappear in a few days! When I got these two 36 yrs ago all we had in back then were goldfish to feed , so after 36 yrs and still going strong. They can eat goldfish!


This way when they swim for their dinner they get exercise also! TOSS in a bird cuttle bone in the water for calcium that will promote better shell growth, it will dissolve real slow and if they eat it that鈥檚 fine!!


They can have garden worms, meal worms, snails, crickets, flies, crayfish small frogs, slugs, tadpoles dragon flies and anything that moves, but only as a treat.


They need leafy greens Romaine, Butter lettuce. (Iceberg and cabbage are bad for them, any other leafy greens will do) for vitamin A that they need at least 3 to 4 times a week.


They love grapes and strawberries and squash..


Did you know that they need to bask under a reptile light UVA/UVB for up to 8 hrs a day for the vitamin D that they need to grow. So that means getting a turtle dock also.


Leave the heater on 75 to 78 degrees always.


These turtles in captivity do not hibernate their eating may slow down some but they will not hibernate.





Contact the 鈥渨ww.anapsid.org/societies, for a turtle vet / RESCUE in your city and state. I wish you luck.