Urgent Care :: sos need help

[yeashu]

hi to all,
my res has stopped eatting, spins round and round when enters water, sort of seems like one side of the turtle is paralysed.
please advice me.I love that dude

[steve]

How big is he? How long has this been going on?

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[yeashu]

Well hez been doing tht for a week now and is abt 3inchs big,6months old

[steve]

Does he also miss his his food when trying to eat? And sort of has his head tilted/at an angle?

[yeashu]

Yes he was doing that sometime back but has stoped eating

[steve]

It's possible he became frustrated and gave up.

Is it similar to this?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eEjUJwOaKA[/youtube]

I would start searching for a good vet. If he is having difficulty swimming/surfacing, please dry dock him.

[yeashu]

Well he has a dry dock and likes to sit there most of the time.
I am in India so do know if there would be vets who would know to
Care for turtles. As not many people don't keep turtles as pets

[steve]

You'll have to keep a very close eye on him and he'll probably need very shallow water. Try some very enticing foods, like small feeder fish.