Urgent Care :: baby RES care

[gogoook]

hiii i am new to this site... i have 2 baby red eared sliders for 1 week and half.... i suspect a respiratory infection... but i am not sure.... they were making bubbles in the water and they were yawning a little but i guess they stooped.... one of my red eared slider has a puffy eyes.. it turned a little red in the eye skin.... i bought a boric acid and salty water and put to the RES but it did not make anything it guess it make it worse would anybody help me plz i did not want them to die..... i bask them every day for 4 hours in the direct sunlight.. i have a heater and thermometer.. i give them calcium and dried worms and squash.... THANKS

[steve]

Welcome to the site. What's their water and basking water temperatures? Have they been eating? If you suspect RI, they should really take a visit to a herp vet.

[gogoook]

thanks much for your replay.. i am working on this i have found a vet.. in my country the RES vets are rare... their water temperature ranges between 30 C and 34 C.. because they are sick ( u have to raise the temp.)... i bask them for 4 hours daily in the direct sunlight and i watch the temp. too ....they are eating well their appetite is very good i feed them calcium bone ( birds calcium ),dry worms which fishes eat.. lettuce.. i thing their babels have been decreased,they stooped making sound with this bubbles but still they do a little while eating and swimming.. is that normal ??... i have put a human's eye cream to the infected RES in her eyes it began to be better the red color began to decrease but still puffy.... by the way are a doctor ??... thanks at all

[steve]

I'm not sure I understand your post, but is the vet an actual reptile vet? The water temperatures are very high, I would try to maintain it at a consistent 28C. Letting them have some direct sun is good, but must be done carefully. What kind of setup do you have for this? Do you have a UVB lamp?

Will you be able to get some pellets, like Reptomin Baby? What kind of cream are you using for the eyes?

[gogoook]

tell what you do not understand... i am not sure about the vet... i do not have a uvb bulb... i will buy a one sone.... about the temp i have red in a website it can be 30 C to 34 C i see them like to go near the heater... i get the normal pellets... i have used fucithalmic eye cream... today i saw the male RES yawning & sleeping a lot in his basking area.. help me if there is an effective home remedy..

[steve]

Have they been eating?

[simplehiccup]

The home remedy you are searching is for the eye infection, correct? You said that the problem is with red, puffy eyes, correct? Do you use a filter and change their water.

[gogoook]

steve: yes they have been eating today


simplehiccup: right,i do not have a filter cuz they are babes so i keep them in a small tank and i change the water every day

which type of uvb bulb is good for them?? & can i find it in amazon.com? cuz uvb bulbs are rare in my country ??

[steve]

If you can give them regular exposure to sunlight, you don't need a UVB. They're both eating? How much?

[gogoook]

i give them every day 4 hours.. but the winter is coming & the sun will desappear for weeks.... they are eating well... they fenish one and half fish dried worms cube... or a half cube and some pellets.. i do not give much food cuz they die if they eat a lot.. i see there wasts... now thier water temp. 26c to 31c... i can send pictures for them to tell me if there eyes is good or not... Thanks for help..

[steve]

Can you upload them?

[gogoook]

sorry i was away for days but my pc has a problem so l will upload them when its fixed... i have a question.... which is more healthier when the RES is swimming floating on water surface or swimming at the bottom of the tank?

[steve]

A healthy RES should be able to either without a problem.

[gogoook]

hii.. how are u... i would like to ask some questions... 1-how to evaluate RES health?
2-what is the defference between slepping RES & the sick one??
3-why my baby RES attack each others sometime though they are male & female?
4-why my baby RES eat thier wastes??
Thanks steve..

[steve]

1 - they should be alert, active and have a strong appetite
2 - RES normally sleep at night when it's dark
3 - RES are aggressive, though it usually doesn't show until they are older
4 - some think it's to reclaim additional nutrition, I think they see it as food