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turtle has swollen eyes

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Question
My turtle has 2 swollen eyes. well they seem crusted and white and it cant open its eyes. i have isolated it from my other turtles. feeding is hard since it cant seem to find the food. what can i do?

Answer
This sounds like a common eye infection. Here are a couple good links for care:

http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/medeyes.htm

http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/eyeprobs.htm

This is troublesome, but usually treatable at home.

Good luck!