I'm about to start slamming my head against the wall.

My mom got my brother one of those hatchling dimestore turtles for his birthday, about the beginning of October..it still had it's egg sack on it . So she's complaining that it won't eat or anything (it was in one of those turtle lagoons ) so I take it home with me. I noticed it looked funny and asked if it ever opens its eyes. She said oh yeah, well, sometimes. So I finally get it to open its eyes and it has a mucous buildup in both of them..eye infection, probably from a lack of vitamin A. But of course the thing is, he's not eating so...? I've read things that says to force feed it, but I can't get its mouth open. The best thing would be for me to take it to the vet and get vit A shots and everything, but I don't know if I'm willing to invest that much into him. Everyday I wake up I expect him to have passed away. I got him to eat just a tiny bit of cat food, but that was it, since Wed. I was planning on getting another turtle, but not one of these hatchlings. -sigh- I really don't know what to do. He's been basking all the time, and if he's not basking he's on top of the water heater.