Box turtles are wonderful animals to have as pets, they are well known for their personalities and for being relatively smart turtles. A problem that some box turtle owners come across is their turtle developing symptoms of an eye infection.
If you think your box turtle has an eye infection the first thing you should do is look for any other accommodating problems such as your turtle having a runny nose, breathing with their mouth open and wheezing or gasping while taking in breathes of air. If a number of these symptoms have been spotted then the signs are pointing at your turtle having a respiratory infection and you will need to take it to see a vet as soon as.
A box turtle with swollen eyes may be a case of your turtle being allergic to the substrate in their enclosure. Turtles can develope an allergy for some of their beddings and this can effect their eyes. When using bedding which is soil based try replacing it and taking note of any changes in the swelling of your turtles eyes for a week or so. If the swelling continues then you will know that it was not an allergic reaction and your turtles eye problem may have something to do with a lack of vitamin A in their diet.
Swelling eyes can be caused by a lack of vitamin A and by simply giving your box turtle more foods rich in vitamin A the swelling can go down considerably. Foods such as Collard greens, carrots, kale and parsley all contain a good amount of vitamin A and can be added to each meal to help fight against this problem.
Of course if the problem continues then you have no choice but to take your box turtle to the vet as soon as possible and it may be a case where in order to cure the box turtle eye infection the vet will need to give vitamin injections to your box turtle to help them get back to perfect health.
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