Brazilian turtle pneumonia

Turtles are amphibians, as shown below, apparently drifting to the left in deep water. Pneumonia is already very serious at this time! To sum up, the water is not heated in the coldest winter, and the water temperature is even lower than room temperature. The tortoise didn't eat for a long time without treatment, which aggravated the progress of the disease. Some turtles will have phlegm in their mouths and breathe with their mouths open. These are all symptoms.

It is never too late to mend. If there is no heating rod, we will change warm water for the tortoise. When the weather is warm to over 20 degrees, let it bask in the sun for half an hour at noon. Of course, the most important thing to curb the aggravation of symptoms is medication. I chose amoxicillin (broad spectrum) and azithromycin, daily dose 1/3. It's best to give the medicine at the beginning. Pour out the powder when your mouth is open. Later, it took some effort to make it talk, or put it in water for a medicated bath.

During this time, the tortoise doesn't like to move or eat. It's not the way to always skip meals. Bones are getting softer every day. It was fed with hypertonic sugar water and Vit C. My turtle seems to have little sputum and there is no special treatment. Some people say that milk bath can supplement nutrition (never tried), and the process of saving turtles really needs patience.

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About half a month later, a live shrimp was put into the water. The tortoise stared at the swimming body of the shrimp, stretched out its neck with a whoosh and swallowed it. It finally knows that it is eating. Although the body is still floating sideways, the limbs are full of vitality and look more lovely.