The turtle is sick and can t open its eyes, how to open it

Updated on healthy 2024-03-11
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  1. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Turtles that can't open their eyes may be caused by white eye and can be treated with chloramphenicol eye drops**. Eye inflammation may also be the reason why the turtle can't open its eyes, in this case, you can use tobramycin eye drops to reduce inflammation, and pay attention to regular water change to keep the water clean in daily feeding. However, the turtle's eyes can't be opened may also be due to hibernation.

    Solutions for Turtle Eyes Not OpeningIf your turtle's eyes are swollen at the same time, you may have white eye disease. Chloramphenicol eye drops can be used to ** turtle's white eye disease, three times a day, during which pay attention to dry nourishment, and the turtle can recover after about a week of continuous medication.

    Generally speaking, the turtle will enter a state of hibernation from around November every year, when its eyes will be closed for a long time and will not be opened. Hibernation is a normal phenomenon for turtles, and what the owner needs to do is to maintain a good room temperature, change the shape and water regularly, and ensure that the turtle survives the winter healthily.

    Poor water quality will cause inflammation of the turtle's eyes, and inflammation is also a common cause of the turtle's eyes not opening.

    Turtles have swollen eyes and are often infected by poor water quality. When raising turtles on a daily basis, be sure to change the water regularly, at least 1 or 2 times a week, to ensure that the water quality is clean. Each time you change the water, you can disinfect the turtle tank once.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    The turtle's eyes may not be opened because of a cold or "white eye disease", etc., and the owner needs to pay special attention to the physical condition of the turtle.

    If the turtle's physique itself is very poor, the resistance is very weak, in the autumn, early winter or early spring, the climate is abnormal, the temperature difference between day and night is large, cold and hot, the change of external temperature will be obviously reflected in the turtle, the turtle is easy to feel typhoid fever, and the turtle with a cold cannot open its eyes.

    Another condition is blepharospasm, which is the most common, and is caused by poor water quality, bacterial cross-infection, increased viruses, or eye injuries. If the turtle has severe white swelling in the eyes, slowness of movement, and no foreign body around the eyes, then it should be white eye disease. White eye disease is a bacterial infection, and after the symptoms are discovered, the first thing to do is to isolate and raise the sick turtle to avoid infection.

    Precautions when feeding turtles:

    1. Try not to feed the turtle lean pork, snails and other meat foods, these are the food with a lot of parasites, which will increase the probability of turtle disease.

    2. Keepers should not feed the turtle salty and salty food, as the turtle will cause swelling of its body after ingestion, and may cause kidney damage to the turtle.

    3. If the turtle is not starving because the owner does not feed it, then it is necessary to observe the physical changes of the turtle in time to prevent the turtle from being sick and starving.

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