Urgent Care :: Can you feed turtles Amoxicillin?

[HelpMeHesdying]

My turtle has a ear abscess and can I feed turtles ground up Amoxicillin pills to heal him? Cant afford a vet.

[HelpMeHesdying]

please help

[unclejoe]

I am not ignoring you,, I am just new to turtle ownership and only have a young turtle without health issues. So I don't know. But I can tell you I am worried that your turtle may have infection around its brain. We had a ferret that had a gum infection that we didn't notice right away and by the time she got diagnosed with it and put on antiobiotics the infection had spread to her brain and she died in 48 hrs.. I worry about that with your turtle. I understand the finance issue. Is there any chance you have a reptile rescue close to you that you can contact that may help you out??

[unclejoe]

Do you live in the US?? Is there a chance you can apply for Care Credit? Most vets take that, and that is how we were able to help our pets while we were soo poor we were on food stamps. Usually you can take 6 months to pay bill off interest free..