Help! My Turtle Is Sick!
If Your Turtle Is SickTake It to a Veterinarian Immediately!
If you worry about cost, consider:
- Treating a small issue is much, much cheaper than treating a big issue.
- Most problems start out small and can be treated relatively easily with home care.
- Untreated small problems get bigger, and a lot more expensive, and may require hospitalization.
- Seeing a veterinarian.
Find a Veterinarian
Find a Veterinarian
Cuora flavomarginata rescue with mutliple typical issues:
skin sores, malnutrition, infection, fungus ... she eventually
recovered fully. â“’ Aleks Haecky (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Colds, Respiratory Issues, Pneumonia
- common health problems
- Common problems (by Evergreen)
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Eating Problems, Giving Medicine, Force-feeding
- First Aid for Bites, Dogs, Raccoons, and Other External Injuries
- Flukes and leeches
- Foam at Turtle's Mouth
- Gaping and yawning and wheezing
- Paralysis or dragging of rear legs
- Puffed up turtle
- Runny Nose
- Seeing a veterinarian
- Shedding of Scutes: Clear vs. Transparent; Shedding Skin
- Shell Injuries: Repairing a Cracked Shell
- Shell Problems: More Information and Treating
- Skin problems
- Soft Shell, Calcium, Vitamin D3, Reptile Lights
- Stool Ingestion: Harmless? (My turtle eats its poop.)
- Take your sick turtle to the vet!
- White Spots/Patches on the Skin of my Turtle?