1. Tapeworms
1. Causes and symptoms
After tortoises are infected with tapeworms, tapeworms mainly Parasitic in the intestines of turtles. Tapeworms continue to rob the turtle of nutrients and cause severe damage to the turtle’s gut.
The symptoms of tortoise infection with tapeworms mainly include: indigestion, diarrhea or constipation, and occasional excretion of body segments with the feces of the tortoise. Generally, the tapeworms that parasitize in water turtles belong to the order Pseudoleaf, while those of tortoises belong to the order Roundleaf.
2. Prevention and treatment methods
Treatment principles: deworming, strengthening the nutrition of the tortoise, conditioning the stomach of the tortoise, the disease The main thing is prevention.
1. Deworming treatment: Feed praziquantel tablets to the turtles infected with tapeworms for deworming. An hour later, magnesium sulfate was fed for catharsis. The dosage was 100mg/500g of the turtle’s body weight. An appropriate amount of the drug was dissolved in 3ml of water and fed to the turtle. Immerse the turtle in water at a temperature of 30°C after the medication.
2. Supplement nutrition and regulate the stomach and intestines for the tortoise. After deworming the tapeworm-infected tortoise, it can be supplemented with an appropriate amount of Jianwei Xiaoshi tablets to help it digest, and at the same time, it can be supplemented with appropriate amount of vitamins and electrolytic multivitamins.
2. Nematodes
1. Causes and symptoms
The types of nematodes are: Many, including Heterospinus, Capillary nematodes, Huashou nematodes, Bipedia nematodes, sucking worms, etc. And the parasitic parts of different parasites may be different. Most of the parasites in the digestive tract are milky white or translucent, and most of the parasites in the respiratory tract are red. Among them, turtles are mainly parasitic in the digestive tract with infected nematodes.
The main symptoms of tortoise infection with nematodes are: digestive disorders, constipation, diarrhea, lethargy, gradual weight loss, stunted growth, and respiratory tract infection symptoms. When the infection is severe, a large number of parasites will obstruct the turtle’s intestines, causing the turtle to die. Diagnosis can usually be made by finding worms in the feces of infected turtles.
2. Prevention and control methods
When treating tortoise nematode infection, only when the mental state of the tortoise is good can it be treated. Treat the tortoise with medication. Therefore, for some weak tortoises, they can be treated for a period of time before they are treated with deworming drugs. The specific treatment methods are as follows:
1. Drug treatment. Drugs such as albendazole tablets, fenbendazole tablets, or levamisole hydrochloride tablets can be used to expel nematodes. If the tortoise is infected with nematodes and complicated with bacterial enteritis, amoxicillin and metronidazole should be used to assist in the treatment. The dosage of albendazole tablets and levamisole hydrochloride tablets each time is: 15mg/500g turtle body, once a day for three days, the turtle will gradually expel parasites within two weeks after taking the drug, which is normal Phenomenon. If necessary, it can be administered again after 1 to 2 months.
2. Additional care: After taking the deworming medicine for the deworming turtle, you can let it take more baths to stimulate its excretion; at the same time, you can also feed it with some easy-to-digest or excretion-promoting effects. food.
