1. Symptoms of a turtle cold
The common symptoms of a turtle cold are: mental state Poor appetite, loss of appetite or refusal to eat, runny nose, watery eyes, weakness of limbs, etc., if not treated in time, it is very likely to cause upper respiratory tract infection, pneumonia and other diseases, and even cause death.
Second, the cause of tortoise colds
Turtle colds are generally caused by the following two conditions: 1. The temperature is unstable and varies greatly, which mostly occurs in early winter and early spring. 2: Poor breeding environment or low resistance of turtles, such as poor water quality, a large number of viruses or bacteria in the water, etc., lead to infection of the respiratory tract of turtles, which can lead to colds.
Third, how to prevent turtles from catching a cold
1. Enhance the resistance of turtles strength and disease resistance. When feeding turtles at ordinary times, it is necessary to pay attention to reasonable matching and feeding of nutritionally balanced food, so as to keep the tortoises in good physical condition and reduce the chance of the turtles catching a cold.
2. Strengthen the water quality management of feeding water. Regular water changes and regular disinfection and sterilization of the breeding environment to avoid the breeding of bacteria and viruses in the water.
Fourth, treat turtles with colds
1. Isolate sick turtles as soon as possible. Once a turtle is found to have a cold, it is necessary to isolate the sick turtle in time to avoid infecting other healthy turtles.
2, soaking medicine treatment. Add vanillin in warm water, the dosage is 20～30mg/L water, soak the sick turtle 1～2 times a day, soak for 4 hours each time, and take 5 days as a course of treatment, depending on the severity of the disease, continue to use the medicine for 1～2 course of treatment.
In addition, you can also refer to the following treatment methods:
1. For colds, but you can still eat normally The tortoise: It can be treated by inducing the tortoise to take the amoxicillin capsules, feeding one-third of the capsules each time, and feeding the sick tortoise with the small fish or shrimp after dipping it in the medicine powder. Healing around.
2. For other diseased turtles that cannot eat normally: medicated baths can be used for treatment. First, half a pack of cefaclor granules are poured into water to dissolve. After the powder is completely dissolved, put the turtle into the water for a bath, and change the liquid once a day. Usually, soak it for about 3 to 4 days, and the symptoms of the sick turtle can be improved within a week. can be cured. The water level of the medicated bath should be just below the turtle’s back.
3. For the sick turtles with more serious condition: the sick turtles can be treated by injecting gentamicin. The dosage is as follows: for the sick turtle with a plastron of 4-5cm, the dosage is 0.05ml each time; for a sick turtle with a plastron of 8-15cm, the dosage is 0.1ml each time; for the diseased turtle with a plastron over 15cm Turtle, each injection is 0.15ml. Before injecting the drug, disinfect the injection site with iodophor, which can be injected at the junction of the turtle’s hind legs and carapace.
Reminder: When treating sick turtles with medicated baths, if the temperature of the breeding environment is low at the time, you can use a heating rod to warm them up, and try to keep the temperature as high as possible. The rearing temperature is around 30°C, and the diseased turtle recovers faster at this temperature.
