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I have a 2 year old yellow-belly slider that just started swimming with its shell at a 20 - 30 degree angle with the horizontal. I have never seen any of my turtles do that before and I am really concerned. Do I need to take him to the vet? Does anyone know a good vet in teh Central Florida area?
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Joshua M Guillemette

1.1.0 Children [Deven 10 & Hailey due June 1]
2.1.0 Cats [Micah, Judo, & Elizabeth]
1.0.0 Bunny [Bugs]
1.0.0 Red Belly Slider [Bernulli]
2.0.0 Yellow Belly Sliders [Maxwell & LaPlace]
0.0.2 Cumberlands [Pascal & Joule]
1.2.1 Red Ear Sliders [Kepler, Napier, Gauss, & Kelvin]

It could be a respiratory infection. You may want to consider bringing it to the vet for confirm is there is a problem.

Check out this Vet list to see if anyone is near you in Florida.

http://nytts.org/nytts/helpnet.htm

SORRY -- TO CONFIRM IF THERE IS A PROBLEM. LOL!! That's what happens when I do more than two things at a time.

I completly understand. I admire people who can "multitask".

My turtle is not listing as bad today and seems pretty active. Is this something he might get over like a cold or does he need meds like pnummonia?

Thank you for the website! and all your help to this forum!
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Joshua M Guillemette

1.1.0 Children [Deven 10 & Hailey due June 1]
2.1.0 Cats [Micah, Judo, & Elizabeth]
1.0.0 Bunny [Bugs]
1.0.0 Red Belly Slider [Bernulli]
2.0.0 Yellow Belly Sliders [Maxwell & LaPlace]
0.0.2 Cumberlands [Pascal & Joule]
1.2.1 Red Ear Sliders [Kepler, Napier, Gauss, & Kelvin]

My turtle was doing the same thing and she now swims in circles and upside down. Mine has a respiratory infection. It can be caused by cold drafts. Mine was caused when someone closed my room door while i was out for the day and my room got freezing cold which ultimately made the water in the tank a lot colder since i didnt have a full length hood at the time. I took mine to the vet and they deluted an antibiotic and gave me needles to inject the antibiotic into the muscley part of her shoulder every 72 hours.