First, the main difference between tortoise peeling and rotten skin
The peeling is actually the turtle’s It is a normal physiological phenomenon that water turtles will continue to produce new epidermis during the growth process, and then renew the new epidermis by receding the old epidermis. This phenomenon of turtles is an important manifestation of their growth. The skin that the turtle sheds is generally white and transparent, and there is no unpleasant smell. During the period, the turtle’s diet and other performances are all normal. The rotten skin is a disease of turtle skin rot, and the skin part where the rot skin appears will turn white and fester, and emit a rancid smell. Turtle rot skin disease needs timely treatment, otherwise the deterioration of the condition will seriously endanger the health and life of the turtle. So how to treat tortoise abdominal skin disease? Please look down!
Second, the treatment of tortoise skin rot
1 , Isolation breeding: For sick turtles with abdominal skin disease, be sure to isolate them in time, because most turtle skin rot disease is caused by bacterial infection and is contagious. Timely isolation can prevent sick turtles from spreading the disease to other healthy turtles. In addition, when the turtle is sick, the sick turtle is easily bullied by other turtles, so isolated breeding can also effectively avoid this situation and prevent the sick turtle from having a greater impact.
2. Dry feeding of sick turtles: poor water quality is often the cause of turtle skin rot. Continuing to let turtles stay in the original waters will only aggravate its disease, and sick turtles will suffer for a long time. Contact with water is not good for the treatment of its rot skin disease, so it is best to dry the diseased turtle, and then soak the diseased turtle in water 2 to 3 times a day to prevent the diseased turtle from dehydration.
3. Treatment with herbal medicine: Anti-inflammatory treatment is mainly required for tortoise skin rot. For the affected area of the sick turtle, chlortetracycline ointment can be applied to reduce inflammation, once a day. In addition to applying anti-inflammatory drugs, you can also add a small amount of oxytetracycline powder to your diet for better treatment. If the turtle skin rot is more serious, it is necessary to soak the diseased turtle in oxytetracycline solution for treatment.
