It's important to remind everyone that forcefeeding in this fashion is an invasive proceedure that should not be undertaken by amateurs who have no experience! It's VERY easy to do more harm than good and it's better to have a vet do it and demonstrate proper technique.
Giving advice on veterinary care via the internet is not a good idea: nor is accepting such advice.
If your turtle is sick and you don't know what to do, take it to a vet!

Giving veterinary advice would have been what I did had I opened my herp formulary, told what to get, where to get it and amounts to use. Tube feeding, while invasive can be safely done by amatuers with the proper equipment.

In this persons case, vet care is limited and/or nonexistent. Some "choices" are better than none.

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