I. Why are turtles infected with ticks
Ticks are a common ectoparasite in many animals. They usually like to hide in the grass. When the animal goes to the grass with ticks, the ticks are likely to climb on the animal and stick firmly to the animal’s skin. Turtles may also be infected if they go into grass with ticks. When the tick does not suck blood, its body is small and shriveled, such as the size of a mung bean; when the tick is full of blood, it can be as full as the size of a soybean, or even the size of a fingernail. Tick-infected turtles are mostly parasitic in the turtle’s limbs and leg sockets.
Second, the hazards of tortoise infection with ticks
After the tortoise is infected with ticks, the ticks will suck the blood of the sick turtle and affect its health. Healthy, and the turtle bit by the tick will also have local edema, redness, rash and other symptoms. But this is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that some ticks may carry viruses in their bodies. If they are unfortunately infected by such ticks, it is very likely that sick turtles will be infected with the virus and die. In addition, if the method of expelling ticks is not appropriate, accidentally leaving the head of the tick in the tortoise’s body can easily lead to inflammation and infection of the turtle’s skin. So be sure to use the appropriate method to get rid of ticks.
Third, the tortoise expelling method
1. Spray medicine.
Trichlorfon is a traditional medicine used to get rid of ticks on turtles, but this medicine is highly toxic, so it is not advisable to soak turtles directly into the medicine. Instead, it is necessary to absorb a small amount of the medicinal liquid with a syringe, and then carefully pour the medicinal liquid onto the infected part of the sick turtle, and try to avoid the medicinal liquid choking into the turtle’s mouth and nose during the period.
2. Use tweezers to remove the worms
After spraying the medicine, the ticks on the turtle will be paralyzed after contacting the medicine, but they will not die immediately, so do not directly Pull out the tick to prevent the tick from burrowing harder into the turtle’s skin after being disturbed, causing the tick’s head to remain in the turtle’s skin and cause infection. The tick can be carefully removed with tweezers after a short period of application.
3. Wash the skin
After the tick is completely removed, you need to rinse the bitten part of the turtle and apply an ointment to prevent infection. After completing the above steps, observe the tortoise in isolation for a day. If there is no problem, it means that the tortoise is fine and you can put it back in the turtle pond. But pay attention to disinfecting the infected turtle pond and spraying and deworming.
Claws and Claws Tips: When introducing tortoises, it is best to avoid buying wild tortoises as much as possible, because generally such tortoises carry more parasites. In addition, pay more attention when purchasing turtles, and pay attention to check whether there are parasites or other abnormalities on the body surface of the selected turtles, so as to reduce the trouble of subsequent feeding.
