The turtle is shedding its shell, and it seems to be rotten What to do

Rotten nail disease **: Ulceration of the carapace due to bacterial invasion after the carapace is worn out. It is also possible to receive mechanical damage, such as a hard object during field capture or transportation, or damage to the carapace caused by a fall from a height.

Symptoms: The surface of the carapace ulcerates, and in severe cases, holes are formed and even muscles are visible. Sick turtles stop eating or eat less.

Prevention and control: remove the lesions of the diseased turtle, scrub the affected area with hydrogen peroxide, and then directly apply the affected area with potassium permanganate crystal powder. For fresh wounds, Yunnan Baiyao should be applied to stop bleeding, carefully bandaged, and carefully recuperate.

Rotten nails: Perforations have been formed, and the bones inside can be seen.

Rotten nails caused by hard injury: The surface shield piece is peeled off and damaged, which can easily cause the invasion of germs and cause rot. Even if the disease is controlled, it is difficult to return to its original appearance.

Rotten nails due to bacterial infection due to damage to the shield.

Rotten nails due to bacterial infection due to damage to the shield.

Rotten armor caused by the wear and tear of the abdominal carapace caused by long-term activity on hard ground.

The rotten nail has been controlled, but the cracks cannot return to their original appearance.

Disinfect with alcohol first, then pick out the broken place with a needle, pick out the rotten meat, smear amoxicillin, plus a layer of erythromycin ointment (or eye ointment) to dry raise, the shell is caused by rotten nails, the turtle will not eat during the rotten nails, and you can eat when you are a little better, and the rotten nails should be changed every 3 days. Good luck to your little tortoise turtle soon**!

I bought two of them, and at first they came in a pretty small box to take home, and then the two turtles were in each other's room, and you can tell if they were rotten or shelled. From **, it looks like a rotten nail shelling me.

The turtle shedding its shell indicates that the turtle has grown up.

Turtles will molt, especially terrapids, tortoises and semi-water will not molt at all. At the time of rearing, the water turtle molts, which represents growth.

In general, when the turtle is in a healthy and normal state, when it molts, it will automatically fall off one by one, like a fingernail, and it is hard and hard.

There are two sequences:

1. First the dorsal armor retreats first, and then the abdominal armor.

2. First the abdominal armor, then the dorsal armor.

When the turtle molts, it is not like other animals, it is complete and continuous after retreating, but spreads out.

Abnormal state].

Huang Yuan generally does not shed its shell, but Huang Yuan has an upturned turtle shell.

The symptoms are: the edge of the Dunjia can be lifted with fingernails, but the inside is a new and tender shell, which is neither smelly nor soft.

Generally, water turtles are more common. It may be caused by the environment being too dry, don't worry too much, there is no problem, you can wait until he falls off by himself, apply some vitamin E, once a day in the morning and evening.

Tortoises, if they are half water, they can be made of moss, coconut clay, and mountain mud as bedding to ensure sufficient humidity.

<>1. When does the turtle start shedding its shell

In general, turtles begin to shed their shells at the age of 3 to 4 years. Because as the tortoise continues to grow, his original armor can no longer accommodate its growing body, so he needs to constantly remove the old armor to reveal the new and more suitable armor pieces, this phenomenon is a sign of the turtle's health, if the turtle does not replace the armor, it means that his growth is not good.

Turtle shedding. The speed of the turtle is closely related to factors such as the rate of production, the amount of nutrients ingested and the water quality of the turtle, and if all three factors are good, the turtle will grow faster and shed its shell more frequently. The time it takes for a turtle to shed its shell is not fixed, and it may take a few days to update if it is fast, and it may take up to a month if it is slow.

2. Precautions for turtle shelling

1. The turtle shedding its shell does not take off the entire shell and replace it with a new carapace. Rather, the cuticle-like substance on his back and abdomen fell off in pieces, and it was a relatively thin piece, similar to a fingernail to the touch, with a certain hardness, and the size of the nail pieces that fell off varied, some were the size of a fingernail, and some were the size of a coin.

2. In the process of the turtle shedding its shell, the carapace that it is about to fall off slowly lifts up, like a piece of fish scales sticking to the **. When the owner sees this phenomenon, he must not remove the turtle's raised carapace by himself, but should let them fall off naturally, so as not to cause damage to the newly grown turtle shell or cause bacterial infection.

3. During the turtle shelling period, pay attention to keeping the water clean to ensure that the turtle has an appropriate amount of sunlight, and ensure that the turtle's diet is clean and hygienic.

Dr. Paw Paw has introduced this physiological phenomenon of turtle shelling here, and I hope that this introduction can deepen your understanding and knowledge of turtle shelling.

The causes of turtle shelling are: armor replacement, falls, and disease.

1. Change your armor. If it is a shell that falls off during the normal feeding process, it may be changing the armor, at this time its tortoise shell edge is often white, and there will be carapace fragments in the feeding container, what needs to be done at this time is to wait, and it usually takes several weeks or months to complete the armor replacement.

2. Fall injury. If the turtle falls from a height, it may fall off its shell, at this time you need to check whether it has any injuries, if the bleeding needs to stop the bleeding, and treat the wound with Yunnan Baiyao. If it is an internal bleeding, the drug needs to be mixed into the food and let it eat on its own.

3. Disease. If the turtle has nail rot, it will also lose its shell. It's easy to identify the disease, just smell the shedding, and if there's a rancid smell, it's sick. At this time, what needs to be done is dry cultivation and apply erythromycin ointment to the decaying area.

Precautions for keeping turtles

After buying a small turtle that you like Yuanbu, you must find a suitable fish tank, you can't buy a fish tank that is too small, which will affect the health of the small turtle, and it is recommended to buy a larger fish tank when you buy a fish tank, and it is best that the fish tank is more than 6 times larger than the turtle.

After buying the fish tank, you must release the water according to the body of the little turtle, the water level reaches half of the body of the turtle, and you can put some rockery and fake stone like items in the fish tank, because the little turtle is an amphibian, it is not always soaked in the water to live.

If you usually raise it, you must bask in the sun more, but you can't expose it to the sun, because the turtle prefers a shady place, you can release the turtle to let it run more, and the turtle can improve its physical function.

If you want to raise a turtle, it is best not to use tap water, but to use water from a pond or a small lake, because there is chlorine in tap water, which will make the turtle's eyes sick and uncomfortable, and if the turtle lives in tap water for a long time, the life of the turtle will be shortened.

It is recommended to rotten nails.

Natural recovery, medication is not recommended, medication has a negative effect.

Attaching to the environment, this environment has water and land, and you can naturally recover your health.

Bask in the sun more when it's sunny, soak in salt water when it's cloudy, and it will be fine...

**The most important thing is to insist, your turtle's self-healing ability is very strong, and there is no need to use any drugs at all!! So don't worry.

Don't worry

People who can raise turtles, the kind that have been raised for many years, never use medicine... The harm of medication to the turtle is very great, as long as the turtle basks in the sun more, ultraviolet rays will help you disinfect and **, and calcium supplementation, the effect of medication is fast, but the damage to the turtle is great, bask in the sun, let it recover naturally, and the physique will naturally be good in the future, if you use the drug, enter a vicious circle, continue to get sick, and finally die... That's what I've experienced in my practical experience ...

Therefore, it is not recommended that you use drugs**, it is recommended that you use the method of basking in the sun...

If you raise a turtle, don't get too dirty and feed pork, bask in the sun, and don't change the temperature too much when changing the water, so you have a good chance of avoiding getting sick...

I have been raising turtles for many years, and I have never used medicine, at most, I use alcohol and salt water to disinfect my brother's ruler, just bask in the sun, and all major and minor illnesses are naturally good. The experience on the Internet is basically medication, and my practical experience is the sun, you can refer to it.

This one is blind and the claws are rotten, and by basking in the sun, he was cured... The turtle recovers very slowly, so there is no need to worry, it may be a week or a few months.

Also, you shouldn't dig it, after digging, it will take longer to recover... Rotten armor can't be dug up...

1.For the turtle that has just had rotten nail disease, you can not do too special treatment, remove the water from the turtle tank, dry for a period of time, turtle and turtle is a very tenacious creature, with a strong self-healing ability, after a period of dry raising, rotten nail disease will get better on its own.

2.For turtles with slightly more severe nail rot disease, in addition to dry rearing. Medications are also required**.

You can use anti-inflammatory drugs for human use, first remove the dirt on the turtle shell, scrub it with hydrogen peroxide, and then apply anti-inflammatory drugs. It's the kind of ointment that humans use for a few dollars, and if you stick to it for a few days, it will get better.

3.Turtles with rotten nail disease can also do medicated baths, which are similar to goldfish medicated baths, soak the turtle in the potion (the head can be stretched out), use the potion to sterilize, and then take some drugs orally to promote the turtle shell**, rotten nail disease is still very good**.

4.When the turtle rot nail disease is very serious, it is necessary not only to apply ointment, but also to take oral antibiotics, or inject antibiotics for a period of time, and at the same time pay attention to the hygiene of the turtle environment. It is not easy to get rid of nail rot in the later stage, and it will be reversed, so don't stop taking the medicine as soon as it gets better.

5.Turtle rot beetle disease is not contagious to humans, but it can be transmitted to other turtles. If a sick turtle is kept with a healthy turtle, and the healthy turtle happens to have an injured carapace, then the healthy turtle will soon also get rotten nail disease.

In order to ensure the health of the turtle, we must change the water frequently, check the turtle's body more, and isolate the sick immediately.