Many people choose krasnoukhy turtles as pets because of their unpretentiousness. In the nature they have rather good health, however in house conditions require close attention. From bad leaving and improper feeding at krasnoukhy turtles various diseases of eyes can develop. How to treat them?
Instruction
1. Panoftalmit – the inflammation of covers of an eye arising because of penetration under a cornea of pathogenic bacteria. At the first stage of a disease only the lower eyelid of an animal is surprised, then turbidity of an eye appears. If this disease not to treat, an eye can go blind. For treatment of the panoftalmit use ointments and eye drops with antibiotics.
2. The century at krasnoukhy turtles swelled can appear owing to the shortage of vitamin A or from behind dirty water. Hypostasis can be unilateral or bilateral, full or not full. This disease causes strong discomfort in an animal, the turtle can often rub eyes because of what their state only worsens. Before beginning treatment, it is necessary to wash out a terrarium and to replace water. It is necessary to wash eyes of an animal with 3 percent solution of boric acid or broth of a camomile 2 times a day and to dig in eye drops, for example, albucid. In hard cases it is possible to apply tetracycline ointment.
3. Konjyuktivita arise at krasnoukhy turtles because of a streptococcal and staphylococcal infection. In that case at an animal conjunctival bags and eyelids inflame. Treat konjyuktivit ointments with chloramphenicol or tetracycline. At strong inflammation the antibiotics are appointed inside.
4. At any eye disease the intake of multivitamin medicines is necessary for a turtle. The most optimal variant - veterinary "Eleovit". It is also possible to give "Intravit" and "Multivit". Other vitamin complexes do not approach because of the content in them of D2 vitamin which is poisonous for turtles. Do not forget to feed up the pet by means of tweezers – eye diseases often make a turtle almost blind, and she cannot find food.