How Do You Apply Medication To A Turtles Eyes?
• Remove the turtle from its tank. • Place it on the floor. If it is on a table and it gets loose it could fall over the edge. • Point the turtle away from you. • Use your dominant hand and gently prod the turtle’s tail/hind legs, until the turtle’s head starts to poke out. Keep prodding a few more times to make sure its head is out all the way. Leave your hand on its tail, pressing slightly. • Take your other hand and with your palm under the turtle’s plastron, place your index finger and thumb on either side and behind the turtle’s head. Do not grab its neck vertebrae, but do keep your fingers firmly planted as the turtle will be violently pulling its neck in. Hold the turtle like this until it stops struggling, and only tries to pull its neck in. • Have a helper apply the cream/ointment to the end of a clean, flat toothpick. • Gently slide the toothpick into the turtle’s lower eyelid, moving it around a little to get some of the ointment into its eye. Do the same to the other eye if
