How to deal with a sick ringed map turtle

Oct 27,2023
3Min

Methods for treating ringed map turtle diseases:

1. White eye disease. If you can open your eyes in the early stage, use hydrochloric acid eye drops, twice a day, leave it dry for half an hour. In the middle and later stages, drop the drops into the crevices of the eyes to penetrate them, and then apply chlortetracycline eye ointment and leave them dry for half an hour.

2. Scabies. Slightly exposed to the sun, it will heal on its own. If it is severe, the scabies will be pricked and squeezed out. Apply iodophor and chlortetracycline ointment to cure it. During daily feeding, food residues and feces should be removed in time, and water that has been exposed to the sun for a day should be replaced in time.

3. Pneumonia. Amoxicillin capsule powder is mixed with food and fed. For those who refuse to eat, soak amoxicillin in water for 30 minutes, once a day. When changing water during daily feeding, pay attention to the temperature difference, reduce the amount of water change each time, and do not place the water tank in an air-conditioned room.

4. Gastroenteritis. Mildly heat the food and stop eating for a week. Seriously, soak in Mommy's Love, berberine, and take a medicated bath for 30 minutes, once a day. In daily feeding, pay attention to reducing feeding when the temperature difference is too large, feeding regularly, and reducing feeding on rainy days.

5. Rot skin and rot armor. For mildly rotten skin, you can apply iodophor and chlortetracycline ointment, and it will heal by exposing yourself to the sun. For severe rotten skin, apply iodophor and chlortetracycline ointment twice a day, and let it dry for half an hour. Place a moist towel or paper towel at the bottom to avoid Dehydration.

6. Tail docking. Use iodophor to disinfect the severed tail area, and raise the ringed map turtle in isolation to ensure the nutritional balance of the turtle. When raising baby turtles, shelter should be added to the water tank. Map turtles with too large individual differences should not be mixed.

7. Fungal infection. Apply tannic acid ointment and chlortetracycline ointment to the tortoise shell, dry it for 1 hour, then wash it and put it in water.

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