The baby turtle s feet are swollen, what should I do?

Updated on healthy 2024-02-21
12 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    It must be that you are using the wrong water, don't give the turtle the tap water that has just been released, the chlorine in the water can easily make the turtle's eyes swell. The water for raising turtles must be put out of the tap water, connected to the container, the container must be open, put in the sun for two days, if there is no sun, it is fine, as long as it is put for a few days, and the chlorine can be used by the turtle when the chlorine volatilizes. I have been raising turtles all year round, and I have some experience, you can go to the flower and bird market, and buy a bottle of Fenacillin solution potion where fish is sold is yellow.

    Then according to the dosage, put a little potion into the water where the turtle is raised, soak the turtle, and then two days. To change the water for the turtle, remember to use cooled water and then put the potion.

    Change it every two days, and add potions, until it is better, and it should get better soon. I used to have a flat-chested turtle with swollen eyes, and it was cured in the end. You try it, it should be fine.

    Don't just be a few days long |||You can dissolve it with B2 tablets and apply it to the eyes, B6 bubble turtle |||555555 why didn't I know about this earlier!! Otherwise, my turtle wouldn't have died!My turtle used to be like this, my method was to disinfect the fish tank thoroughly (not with plastic basins, but with porcelain or glass fish tanks) (with potassium permanganate), then soak the turtle in light salt water, soak the water over its head (it can soak its eyes) and go to the pharmacy to buy chloramphenicol eye drops, several times a day.

    It is also necessary to isolate from other turtles to avoid infection. Good luck to the little turtle soon**.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    1. Do not raise it in water; 2. Soak it in salty salt water for a few minutes every day, and then put it on top of the sand in the basin or tank and let it climb. 3. When feeding, feed small fish, shrimp, lean meat, earthworms, rice and other grains, and feed some vegetables and grass from time to time. Your turtle will be fine!

    If it is swollen, internal problems, it must be dried and raised, feed it some anti-inflammatory tablets, anything is good, roxithromycin, people can eat it, less than the dosage of people. Dissolve it with water, or put it with a bottle cap to dissolve it, give it to drink, and drink it when it is thirsty. Ensure the feeding temperature and do not catch a cold.

    Bask in the sun more, bask in the sun tank with a little water, shallow, not dry.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    The main causes of swollen legs are as follows:

    1. Sprains. 2. Bacterial infection caused by inconspicuous small wounds.

    3. Excessive eating, caused by indigestion.

    4. Disease-induced internal organ failure, lesion necrosis.

    **Solution: Dry culture. Soak in water several times a day, add 2 tablets of oxytetracycline to the water, and try to break it into water.

    time, once a day, one hour at a time, (1 tablet in a large container of palms) for a weekDo not feed until the symptoms of leg swelling disappear, take a tablet of oxytetracycline in 100 ml of water, and use a syringe to open the turtle's mouth and inject it.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Bacterial infections and more! There are different ways to cause swollen feet due to different causes**, so what to do about swollen turtle legs? First of all, take the turtle to inspect and judge the cause to be effective**; Secondly, pay attention to the amount of feeding, not too much and not too little; Finally, keep the turtle's living environment clean.

    Bacterial infections and more! There are different ways to cause swollen feet due to different causes**, so what to do about swollen turtle legs? First of all, take the turtle to inspect and judge the cause to be effective**; Secondly, pay attention to the amount of feeding, not too much and not too little; Finally, keep the turtle's living environment clean.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    If you are close to the pharmacy, you can buy oxytetracycline, it is not expensive, a bottle seems to be a few dollars, it is one piece at a time, grind it into powder, and then smear it,! Stop feeding fat stuff or you will get infected! Get more sun! Try to keep it as dry as possible! Soon it will be fine.

    Take the tortoise out of the wash jar and soak it in potassium permanganate solution for a while before washing it and put the tortoise in.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    It is recommended to use Guiyanling No. 1, mixed in water according to the proportion of the instructions, with heating 28, this advantage is that it can ** bacterial infection of the whole body, not away from water, heating can ensure normal eating, help growth and recovery. It is very important to wash him every day and keep the water clean, which feels like nail rot.

    Put anti-inflammatory drugs or potassium permanganate in the water, or you can put anti-inflammatory drugs directly on the wound, and I also tried erythromycin eye ointment, but I don't know if it works.

  7. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Chlortetracycline eye ointment is commonly used at home to apply to the wound, and I have tried that the tortoise wound can be cured, and once a day or erythromycin can be used.

    It may also be caused by water quality, which needs to be dried and put in a cool and ventilated place Dry maintenance is not to stain the wound with water.

  8. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    My old little turtle was also like this, at that time, because of the water, don't soak in the water every day, just dry raise, and then take water every day for him to swim, and then dry, and after it is ready, the water should be used for a few days, because tap water can not be used directly.

  9. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    <> the turtle's swollen feet may be caused by edema or a bacterial infection of the wound, it is best to dry the turtle for a period of time. If the turtle is simply edema, it is good to dry and raise it in the sun, and if it is inflamed by a wound, you need to soak in a medicinal bath for an hour every day before dry raising. Oxytetracycline powder can be added to water and chlortetracycline can be applied to the affected area**.

  10. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    It may be caused by long-term immersion in water. or trophic skeletal disease (calcium deficiency, osteomalacia). Trophic skeletal disease (calcium deficiency, hypochondriasis) Symptoms:

    The movement and feeding of the sick turtle are normal, but when you hold the turtle in your hand, you can feel that the carapace of the sick turtle is soft, and the joints of the limbs are thicker. In severe diseased turtles, the scale armor on the surface of the dorsal shell gradually falls off, the shell is soft, the nails and toenails are falling off, and the carapace is irregular and deformed. **:

    Turtles lack various trace elements in their food due to long-term feeding of single feed and cooked food in captivity.

    Especially vitamin D3

    As a result, the turtle lacks vitamin D, and the ratio of calcium to phosphorus is inverted or calcium is deficient, resulting in bone softening of the turtle. Long-term indoor rearing without natural sunlight can also cause the disease. Fast-growing juvenile and juvenile turtles are common.

    Prevention and control: In the daily feeding management, the exposure to sunlight should be ensured. Expose the turtle to natural sunlight as much as possible, taking care not to have any barriers, including glass, plastic sheeting, etc.

    UVB ultraviolet rays can also be used for indoor rearing.

    Fluorescent lamp. For terrapins that have the habit of drying their nails, land should be set in the breeding container above the water surface for them to dry their nails. In the daily feeding food, an appropriate amount of calcium powder, shrimp shell powder, shell powder, and cod liver oil should be added regularly.

    Vitamin D and multivitamins.

    and some nutritional drugs such as Jin Shi Erkang and so on. Hatchlings and hatchlings should be fed some live shrimp in shell on a regular basis. In addition, the feeding bait should pay attention to the combination of animal bait and plant bait, and the shell should be fed with some green vegetable leaves.

    For more severely diseased turtles, 10% calcium gluconate can be injected intramuscularly.

    1 ml kg). There is no way to recover from the carapace that has caused the carapace. The disease is mostly caused by malnutrition and lack of sunlight, and is manifested by loss of appetite, general weakness, malaise, 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.

  11. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    Nowadays, many people like to raise turtles, mainly because turtles are better, but sometimes they will find that turtle legs are swollen, so what should I do if turtle legs are swollen?

    The turtle's leg is swollen, to understand what causes the turtle's leg to be swollen, according to the specific situation of the turtle**. Generally, turtle leg swelling is due to the invasion of bacteria in the injured part, causing necrosis of the ** tissue in the injured part, which will slowly make the leg swollen, and water pollution is also easy to cause turtle disease. Turtles can be dried and raised, soaked in water once a day, and added 2 tablets of oxytetracycline to the water, once a day, for one hour at a time, for a week, during which do not feed until the symptoms of leg swelling disappear.

    You can also remove the germs from the swollen part of the turtle's legs, and then apply chlortetracycline eye ointment once a day, and add oxytetracycline powder to the bait to feed, and then isolate the sick turtle to feed, so that the turtle will recover faster. Turtles are not allowed to enter the water after recovery, and they are not allowed to enter the water during the prevention and control period.

    If the turtle leg is swollen, it can be dried and raised, soak the water containing oxytetracycline every day, or remove the bacteria in the swollen part of the turtle's leg, apply chlortetracycline eye ointment, add oxytetracycline powder to the bait to feed, and isolate the sick turtle to feed, so that the turtle can recover quickly.

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    1. Take the turtle out, don't let it come into contact with water, soak the sick turtle with potassium permanganate solution of a fixed concentration for 20 minutes, and then gently apply a trace amount of potassium permanganate crystal powder to the swollen part of the turtle's feet, and it will get better after a while.

    2. The turtle can not come into contact with water, wipe the swollen part of the turtle's foot repeatedly with iodine tincture or 1%-2% hydrogen peroxide, and apply erythromycin ointment or chlortetracycline ointment. Once every two days, for - to two weeks, so that it can be effective ** turtle foot swollen problem.

    3. During the ** period, the turtle should be provided with rich nutrients, which is conducive to the better recovery of the turtle.

    4. If the turtle's foot swelling is more serious, it can be directly sent to the pet hospital for **, which can quickly ** the turtle's foot swelling problem, which is a very convenient first aid measure.

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