These are pictures of Rex as he appeared the day after the incident at the vets office.
The following are pix of Rex a week after. A lot of healing had happened by that time. Several weeks later he was back to normal.
One conclusion I had to this whole injury was this:
In the same way that it’s said that gravel isn’t a good idea in a turtle tank because of possible impaction (compaction, whatever), styrofoam tank backgrounds are also not a good idea, especially if filter tubes are setup right next to them because a turtle can climb them, get stuck, and hurt themselves.
If you want to see the original thread of this ordeal, you can see it here.
oh what happened to him?
He got stuck near the UVB bulb and got a nasty UV burn. Here is where I talked about his getting hurt https://www.petturtlesandmore.com/blog/rexs-eye-injury.html/