itchy eyes
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Hi, I recently moved from Montana to Indiana. I’ve been here for ca. 1 week. My two dbt junveniles set up in a temporary tubs. I noticed that one seemed to not want to open its eye linds and even attempted to scratch them. I immediately took her out of water and tested the water pH. It turns out the pH was ~8.8. They are CB and used to freshwater. I’ve lowered the pH to = or with the itchy eyes. I had been feeding them in an extra tub and changing their water Do you think the itchy eyes is a result of high pH, poor water quality, parasites??? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Kurt
Kurt – I too am in Indiana and have found that well water is low on pH and city water is high so I assume you are on city water. A friend of mine recently had a similar problem with high pH in her pond and her turtle’s eyes became irritated and developed a film over them. She cured it by lowering her pH as you did and also treating the eyes with a saline solution for about 1 weeks before the irritation stopped. The turtle’s eyes are just fine now. At 08:37 PM 08/24/2003 +0000, you wrote:
Turtleluv, Yes, we are on city water. Regarding the saline solution, is this solution special for pets or the standard saline solution that people with contacts use? Thanks for your comments. Cheers, Kurt — In diamondbackterrapins@yahoogroups.com, TurtleLuv
Kurt – the solution was called “sterile eye drops” in generic form from Wal- Mart (equate) brand. It is for humans but is the same if you made your own using a mixture of water and boric acid, though I prefer to use the eye drops. You may also be able to find some made for turtles, but I have been unsuccessful in doing so unless you take her to a vet.
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