How to treat Brazilian tortoise white eye disease

Brazilian tortoise white eye disease is one of the most common diseases of Brazilian turtles, which is characterized by eye inflammation and hyperemia, swelling of eyes, erosion of cornea and nasal mucosa due to inflammation, external eyeball covered by white secretions, can not be opened, do not eat much, and will die before long. Let's take a look at how to treat Brazilian turtle white eye disease.

Symptoms of Brazilian tortoise white eye disease

Brazilian tortoise white eye disease is usually caused by high stocking density and excessive alkaline water quality. the incidence rate of young turtles is higher, and the incidence season is more common in spring, autumn and early spring after overwintering. The eyes of the diseased turtles are inflamed and congested, the eyes are swollen, the corneas and nasal mucosa are eroded because of eye inflammation, the outside of the eyeball is covered by white secretions, and there is inflammation inside the eyes. It is commonly used to wipe the eyes of the forelimbs, move slowly, and no longer feed. In serious cases, the sick tortoise is blind, and finally the tortoise becomes thinner and dies. Some sick turtles only get sick in one eye at the beginning of the disease, and if no measures are taken, symptoms will soon appear in the other eye.

Prevention of White Eye Disease in Brazil

1. Strengthen management: change the water after feeding in hot weather, so as to avoid food corruption and pollute the water quality. Regularly apply appropriate amount of bleach or quicklime to improve the water quality and disinfect the water body, so as to create a good environment suitable for its healthy growth.

2. Pay attention to disinfection: the utensils for raising Brazilian turtles should be sterilized. For example, the glass tank should be soaked in 10% salt water for 30 minutes, then rinsed with clean water and then raised.

3. Strengthen the physique: feed the refined feed such as animal liver in the disease season of Brazilian turtles to increase nutrition, enhance resistance and reduce the occurrence of diseases.

Treatment of Brazilian tortoise white eye disease

1. For turtles with mild symptoms and barely open eyes, they can be soaked in furacilin or furanone solution. The concentration of the solution is 20 mg / L for juvenile turtles and 30 mg / L for young and adult turtles. Soak for 40 minutes and soak continuously for 5 days.

2. For those who are seriously ill and cannot open their eyes, first clean up the white matter and white necrotic epidermis in the eyes, and continue to clean up if bleeding, and then soak the turtle in the solution containing vitamin B and oxytetracycline. Put 0.5 tablets of oxytetracycline and 2 tablets of vitamin B in every 500 grams of water.