What to do if a turtle has a mild cold, how to treat a turtle with a cold

Generally speaking, turtles are more adaptable and resistant to disease, and are less susceptible to disease. When breeding in captivity, as long as you pay attention to cleaning and sanitation at all times, and often change the water in the breeding pond, the turtle will generally not get sick. Sometimes, however, diseases and predators such as the following can occur

1.Cold Sick turtles are slow to move, their nose is bubbling, and their mouth is often open, which can be regarded as a cold. Method:

The turtle can be dissolved in water with cold spirit and analgin, and 0·2 ml of gentamicin can be injected into the muscle of the turtle's hind legs; Or inject 10,000 units of penicillin, and large turtles weighing more than 0.5 kg can increase the dosage to 50,000 units per injection. Generally, it can be cured after 3 days of continuous medication and injection. 2.

Enteritis is mostly caused by intestinal bacteria infection caused by water pollution or feed spoilage. The symptoms are that the head of the sick turtle often looks left and right, and the stool is sticky and blood-red"and extremely fishy; Loss of appetite and emaciation. Method:

Change the water and feed fresh bait several times a day; Intramuscular injection of chlortetracycline or chloramphenicol, each sick turtle per milliliter, and the injection amount of large turtles weighing more than kilograms can be increased to 1 milliliter for 3 consecutive days. and add a small amount of chloramphenicol or dysentery to the bait and feed it. 3.

Mycosis This disease is mostly caused by mold infection after the turtle epidermis is bruised, and it is manifested as reddish-white epidermal necrosis and severe visible mold. Prevention and control methods: In the process of transportation, stocking, and transfer pool capture, the operation should be careful to avoid injury to the turtle body.

If a turtle is injured before entering the pool, apply 1% malachite green ointment or sulfonamide ointment to the affected area. Once a sick turtle is found, it should be isolated in time and disinfected with 20%-30% lime water; The whole body of the sick turtle is coated with purple potion for 7 days, and a small amount of oxytetracycline powder can also be added to the feed for 3 days. 4.

Molluscum This disease is mostly caused by malnutrition and lack of sunlight and is manifested by loss of appetite, general weakness, listlessness, sluggishness, and slow growth. **Method: Feed with full price feed with good palatability and rich nutrition, and add calcium tablets to the feed; Enhance the number of sunshine hours, and expose the sun to sunlight 2 to 3 times a day.

The temperature is well controlled, and the water and glucose are mixed.

Use the way of heating and basking in the sun**, the turtle also has a certain resistance, and it will be fine slowlyRadix RadixWait for the turtle to take a bath, the water is not over the turtle shell, if the symptoms are not significantly reduced for about 3 days, you can use some commonly used anti-inflammatory drugs at home, such asAmoxicillinor cephalosporin, etc.

Pour the powder of the capsule into the water and dissolve it to the turtle bath (be sure to pay attention to the dosage, these drugs are generally very toxic, and the amount of the turtle can be estimated according to the amount of people, and the volume of people and turtles can be estimated), 2 3 times a week, one hour each time, and then warm and raise. Gentamicin can also be used.

2 3 drops each time, drop into the mouth or nose, 2 times a day, and then also warm the feeding, the temperature of the heating is about 30 °C.

How to prevent turtle colds.

Try to ensure less disturbance in daily feeding, feed more food that can enhance resistance, such as animal liver, small fish and shrimp, etc., usually bask in the sun, and if there is no condition for raising it indoors, you can choose to put a back light on the shelf. Change the water regularly, and when changing the water in winter and spring, the temperature difference between the new water and the old water should not be too large. After the turtle suffers from a cold, it must be isolated and raised first, for colds and pneumonia.

In order to ensure the safety of other turtles, the terrarium should also be disinfected and cleaned.