I. What does dry-raising turtles mean
The so-called dry-raising turtles mean Let the turtle live out of the water, keep its body dry, and transfer it to a dry environment for recuperation and healing. During this period, pay attention to keeping the temperature and humidity of the turtle’s recuperation environment suitable. In addition, during the dry-feeding period, give the turtle a bath 1-3 times a day for about 10-60 minutes each time, and feed it while bathing. Generally, when the water turtle has trauma, dry nursing can help it recover. In addition, for tortoises with severe trauma, absolute dry support is required.
2. Precautions for dry raising turtles
1. Turtles cannot Long-term dry maintenance, otherwise it is likely to cause dehydration, and may also cause turtle shell upturning, rickets and other diseases. If it is found that the turtle has rickets, it is necessary to take timely treatment measures. To treat rickets in turtles, shrimp shell powder, cuttlefish bones, calcium powder and other elements can be added to the daily feed to supplement the diseased turtles with appropriate amounts of vitamin D and multivitamins for treatment. In addition, it is necessary to increase the natural light time for the sick turtles. If natural light is insufficient, you can also use sunlight instead. For diseased turtles with severe rickets, intramuscular injection of 10% calcium gluconate is also required.
2. When tortoises suffer from diseases such as nail rot, skin rot and white eye disease, they generally need to be treated with dry support, and at the same time, they should be treated with medication. However, it is also impossible to dry the sick turtle for a long time, because when the sick turtle is sick, it is very weak, and it takes time to adapt to the dry environment. During the period, the sick turtle will be restless and crawling around. consumes the turtle’s physical energy. Long-term dry treatment of the turtle will cause more damage to the diseased turtle, so we should pay attention to the proper treatment of the diseased turtle. During the dry treatment of the sick turtle, pay attention to soaking the sick turtle in water to prevent the sick turtle from dehydration.
3. When soaking the sick turtle in water, you should keep the water temperature in the bath container appropriate, and feed the sick turtle while soaking in water. In addition, if the indoor temperature is lower than 25 ℃, you need to place a heating lamp above the bathing container to warm it up before bathing the sick turtle. Once the sick turtle’s bath is over, wipe the sick turtle’s body dry for the first time, and then put it back in the warming box.
Warm reminder: When bathing the sick turtle, if the indoor temperature is low, pay attention to heating the indoor environment or putting Put the bath container in the heating box and then give the sick turtle a bath.
