Common diseases of turtles

Florida red-bellied turtle (details)

The biggest concern for keeping pets is that they are sick. No matter what the illness is, it can always make the owner's heart come to his throat. Therefore, in order to avoid the occurrence of pet turtle diseases, it is particularly important to take care of them. However, it is impossible to completely avoid pet turtles from getting sick. Therefore, we should have a certain understanding of the common diseases of pet turtles.

The shell of artificially raised aquatic turtles may be ulcerated. Although they are all crustacean diseases, the types of pathogens are different due to different symptoms. Gram-negative bacteria and Gram-positive bacteria. Symptoms include shell peeling, pigmentation, ulcer, quadriplegia, paw shedding, visceral necrosis and so on. Crawfish, snakes, sea maggots and other animals used as feed, as well as soil and polluted water, may be the sources of infection. Bacteria enter the body through grazed wounds. During the treatment, medicinal bath was used and appropriate antibiotics were applied to the whole body. However, all kinds of turtles are allergic to certain antibiotics, so special attention should be paid when using them.

So how can we raise pet turtles well? First of all, the water in the water tank should be added to half of the turtle's back. At first, they supported kruimeltje or Xiaomi. When they found that they had a bigger appetite, they could feed them small pieces of meat (raw). When I was a child, I would dig earthworms for them.

Summer is the most active time for them. Try to let them eat more in summer. Pay attention to feeding them more in autumn, because they don't eat at all in winter, and remember to change the water frequently. Here, it should be noted that you must take a 1.25-liter bottle and put tap water in it for two days before you can raise a turtle. There are substances in tap water, so it is not good to raise a turtle directly. Usually, it is dirty in summer, and basically every day. Occasionally, the weather is fine. When the little turtles are active, they can try to fill a lot of water, let them swim in the tank for half an hour, or let them crawl around.