I have a one eyed red eared slider who is having truble eating. Its a fight for him to eat. he just swims around in circles. I was wondering if there was anything i can do to help this little guy eat? thanks ~AJ
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I have a one eyed red eared slider who is having truble eating. Its a fight for him to eat. he just swims around in circles. I was wondering if there was anything i can do to help this little guy eat? thanks ~AJ
If this is congenital, it could be the little guy is blind
in the eye he has. Use some tweezers to hold the food in
front of his face. If he begins to turn in circles, grasp him
gently and put the food right up to his mouth touching it
gently.
Good luck
Linda
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