Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 11:45 pm R.E.S. saved from fire
Hi everyone I took in a friends red eared slider that was in a house fire yesterday. The turtle is about 22 years old and about 8 inches long. I found it in the burned out house in a half melted aquarium.I brought it home and set him up with a new habitat. He appears to be in good shape and even ate a few pellets early in the day. I think he might have minor burns on the middle top part of his shell but I am not sure. The scales there are kind of whitish brown and he is rubbing that part of his shell on the bottom of the turtle dock almost non stop. He does not appear to be in pain only very ichy I would like to know if there is anything i can do to help soothe him. I have been in the aquarium hobby for years but have never kept a turtle but I have many fish related water treatments, conditioners and medications on hand. Thanks for any advice.