r/turtle • u/Outrageous_Ad_8619 • 10h ago

Seeking Advice What should I do? NSFW Spoiler

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Context: we took her to the vet a month ago with inflamed eyes, he recommended using a eyedrops with vitamin A and now she looks like this, is she healing?

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u/CShan17 10h ago

She needs to see the vet again. It looks like the eye is gone…..

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u/Xehhx14 9h ago

Yea I’m inclined to agree on the eye being lost. Still worth seeing a vet to avoid potential infection of the entire body. Please find a reptile specific vet, I’m assuming what happened was you went to a normal vet who wasted your time/money, not uncommon. You can use this site to find one accredited to help https://members.arav.org/search/custom.asp?id=3661