Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:48 pm
Turtles shed both skin and scutes (shell).
You're sure his eyes are swollen? Does he rub at them? Is there any discharge coming from them?
Is he otherwise healthy--active and eating? How much does he bask? Any other symptoms--open-mouth breating out of the water, mucus from the nose or mouth, wheezing, listing to one side in the water? If so, he may have a respiratory infection.
What are the temps of the water and basking area?
What are you feeding him?
"You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed." -Antoine de Saint Exupery-