Causes and treatment of turtle shell rot

Turtles are also called golden turtles, grass turtles, mud turtles and mountain turtles. In animal taxonomy, it belongs to reptiles, turtles and turtles, and is one of the common turtles. Are living ancient reptiles. Characterized by a very strong carapace on the body, the turtle can retract its head, tail and limbs back into the shell (except sea turtles and crocodile turtles) when attacked. Most turtles are carnivorous, feeding on worms, snails, shrimp and small fish, as well as plant stems and leaves. Tortoises are distributed almost all over China, but the yield is higher in the provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is also produced in Guangxi and Shandong, especially in southeastern and southern Guangxi. Foreign countries are mainly distributed in Japan, Brazil and North Korea.

As turtles have high requirements for water quality, it is easy to make turtles sick if they do not pay attention to water quality problems during breeding.

I. the cause of the disease

The reason is that turtles have high requirements for water quality, so when raising flower turtles, we should pay attention to water quality and avoid the direct use of tap water. There are two kinds of rotten armor, one is to rot from the outside to the inside, and the other is to rot from the inside out. The second kind is invisible to the naked eye in the early stage, and there is no bad smell.

II. Disease treatment

When you encounter rotten nail, the first thing is to confirm the scope, dig up the rotten place, then disinfect it, apply Yunnan Baiyao, and then keep it dry. Disinfection with hydrogen peroxide is also OK, first wash the place with germs, after drying, you can smear some iodophor, on the external application of antibiotic particles, more exposure to the sun.

In addition, soak in water for 30 minutes a day is enough, replenish water + feed, the rest of the time are dry, when the sun is sufficient, it will take more than half a month to get better.