First, the main difference between tortoise peeling and rotten skin.
The peeling is a normal physiological phenomenon that water turtles will continue to produce new epidermis during the growth process and renew the new epidermis by receding the old epidermis. This phenomenon of turtles is an essential manifestation of their growth. The skin that the turtle sheds is generally white and transparent, and there is no unpleasant smell. The turtle’s diet and other performances are regular during the period. The rotten skin is a disease of turtle skin rot, and the skin part where the rotting 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, 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 more significant 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 their disease, and sick turtles will suffer for a long time. Contact with water is not suitable for treating rot skin disease, so it is best to dry the diseased turtle and then soak it in water 2 to 3 times a day to prevent it 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 add a small amount of oxytetracycline powder to your diet for better treatment. If the turtle’s skin rot is more serious, it is necessary to soak the diseased turtle in an oxytetracycline solution for treatment.
