Is my grass turtle sick, could it be pneumonia?

The basic symptoms of pneumonia are mouth breathing, side floating, screaming, water rejection, you observe and determine the remedication, your home temperature is too low, if the medication needs to be warmed. The temperature should come up this week, and you can observe for a few days to determine the remedication. In the case of pneumonia, the method is as follows:

Turtle Turtle Medicinal Bath, the method is as follows:

The constant temperature is 28 degrees in the medicated bath, the temperature is too low, and the use of antibiotics is not good for the turtle.

You can buy the kind of amoxicillin granules for children (the kind of granule, which is soluble) from the pharmacy and give the turtle medicated bath. One bag is 1000ml mixed with water

If taken orally, press the ratio of 100 ml per gram to water.

If you take a medicated bath in the ratio of 1g to 1000ml of water (you observe the severity of the symptoms, if it is severe, you can use the ratio of 1g:800ml), change the water every 4 hours or so, pay attention to the temperature difference of more than 3 degrees when changing the water, and the medicated bath is about 12 hours during the day. At night, you can soak in clean water for half an hour, and at the same time wipe off the sediment (slimy stuff) on the turtle's body, and the water level is just below the instep.

After soaking in water, dry at night, and when the turtle is thirsty during the day, the turtle will drink the potion.

Put it in the water to see if it is tilted, whether it can sink, whether you usually stretch your neck and open your mouth wide to make a scream, if you have any of these situations, it is very likely!

Is there a tilt if the tilt is not severe?

**: First, keep the temperature at 30 degrees, at this temperature the turtle body has the strongest disease resistance and recovery ability.

Second, prepare ** medicines. Roxithromycin or pioneer, amoxicillin, vitamin C, needle.

Third, mix amoxicillin with water, mix it in a ratio of 1:20, then put the turtle in the potion and soak for an hour. Once or twice a day.

Fourth, if the turtle is still eating, roxithromycin or pioneer can be wrapped in food and then fed to the turtle. If you are no longer eating, you need to give it a dose. Replace roxithromycin or spearhead with 1:

20 proportions mixed with water, then inhaled with a needle), infusion to the turtle. If the turtle is still reluctant to open its mouth, it is recommended to use the mixed potion to put 10 drops into the nose three times a day.

Fifth, you can soak vitamin C once every other day to enhance disease resistance. Steep for 30 to 40 minutes at a time. (I used to use a small basin to fill warm water, and then put a vitamin C into the water, stir it evenly and put the turtle into the basin).

Sixth, if the turtle has begun to stop eating, you can soak glucose every day. It has the effect of replenishing physical strength.

Seven, ** After a week, if the turtle does not improve, it must be transferred to medicine. Because the turtle has already developed antibodies to the previous ** drug.

Grass turtle (scientific name: chinemys reevesii) is commonly known as turtle, also known as Chinese grass turtle, golden turtle, golden thread turtle, ink turtle, mud turtle, mountain turtle, stinky blue turtle, longevity turtle, etc., belonging to the turtle order, turtle family, is a kind of turtle under the ground turtle family. Grass turtles generally feed on plants, shrimp and small fish, and the abdominal carapace is called "turtle plate", which can be used as a tonic medicine, and is the most widely distributed and most abundant of Chinese turtles.

China has always regarded it as a symbol of health and longevity; In the international market, the Chinese grass turtle is very popular; The people of Japan, the Philippines, Europe and the United States regard it as a symbol of "good luck and longevity". The whole body of the grass turtle is a treasure, it is the "Shennong's Materia Medica", "Compendium of Materia Medica" and other "Compendium of Materia Medica" and other food and medicine supplements, because they are threatened by overhunting, they are listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. For Hong Kong and Chinese mainland, there is a market for artificial breeding of grass turtles, so there are a large number of grass turtles on the market for breeders, and the plant feed is mainly plant stems and leaves, melon peels, wheat bran, etc.

Pneumonia [Symptoms] Sick turtles have nasal discharge, shortness of breath, louder voices than usual, and white mucus on the sides of the turtle's mouth.

Prevention] keep the temperature in the turtle house constant in winter, and pay attention to the ventilation of the turtle house in summer. If you have suffered from this disease, you should isolate the sick turtle in time** and soak it with dilutions of streptomycin, penicillin and other drugs!