The Krasnoukhy turtle takes the worthy place in a house aquarium. The reptile is unpretentious in leaving and food. However your pet can suddenly get sick. Important not only to find primary symptoms, but also the nobility of the rule of treatment. It will allow to give first aid and to facilitate a disease state.
Main symptoms of diseases
Sudden apathy, lack of appetite, decrease of the activity, notable softening, deformation, change of a shape of bones of an armor, skin covering a whitish raid – disturbing symptoms to which it is necessary to pay attention first of all. Also long stay of the pet on a water surface can testify to a disease. If you observe such signs within several days, then it is necessary to address the doctor-herpetologist. In addition make a maximum of efforts for ensuring recovery in house conditions.
Treatment of eyes and skin
Having noticed reddening or swelling mucous an eye, urgently replace a krasnoukhy turtle from other inhabitants of an aquarium. Carefully clean an aquarium and replace water. Include vitamin A and a specialized forage in the daily menu. Washing of eyes the solution of boric acid divorced water in the ratio 1:1 is considered effective. Buy in veterinary pharmacy cream with an antibiotic and grease mucous twice a day.
As a rule, skin diseases at a krasnoukhy turtle arise because of distribution of such bacteria as Candida ablicans and Beneckea chitinivora. Ulcers need to be processed in the morning and in the evening levovinizoly, vinylother or natural sea-buckthorn oil. Buy the syringe and you enter intramuscularly to the pet chloramphenicol at the rate of 70 mg on 1 kg of the total weight. When determining body weight of a turtle surely take away armor weight.
Treatment of an armor and pneumonia
Many reptiles have rickets (softening of bones). A cause of illness – a lack of ultraviolet which affects the general condition of the pet. Provide to a turtle inflow of direct sunshine or equip an aquarium with additional lighting. In serious cases it is necessary to begin therapy by means of calcium gluconate pricks.
Overcooling can lead to pneumonia from which the krasnoukhy turtle can die. Surely you watch water temperature in an aquarium (+27 degrees) in the period of a disease. Injections with the medicines "Baytril", "Furosimid" and "Katozal" will allow to be restored quickly to the immune system and will remove inflammatory process.