Etiology: The crustaceans were damaged or squeezed, and bacteria invaded the tortoise shell, which led to the crustaceans festering.
Symptoms: The tortoise's carapace or carapace begins to show white spots and gradually forms red spots. When pressed hard, blood oozes and smells rancid. Severe crustacean surface will fester into holes, and armpit and buttock fossa will swell. Sick turtles stop eating, reduce their activities and shrink their heads. Four-eyed water turtles, side-necked turtles and snake-necked turtles are prone to this disease.
Prevention and treatment: puncture the shield of the affected area, squeeze out blood, remove the focus, and directly apply salt or potassium permanganate crystal powder to the affected area once a day, which will heal in about a week, but there will be permanent scars on the tortoise shell.
Nail rot
Etiology: After the shell was worn, bacteria invaded and the shell festered. It is also possible to suffer mechanical damage, such as being hit by hard objects in the process of field capture or transportation, or falling from a height to cause shell damage.
Symptoms: The surface of crustaceans festers, forming holes in severe cases, and even seeing muscles. Sick turtles don't eat or eat less.
Prevention and treatment: remove the diseased turtle focus, scrub the affected area with hydrogen peroxide, and then directly apply potassium permanganate crystal powder to the affected area. For fresh wounds, Yunnan Baiyao should be applied to stop bleeding, carefully bandaged and nursed back to health.
Rotten nails: holes have been formed, and the bones inside can be seen.
Nail rot caused by hard injury: the surface shield falls off, which is easy to cause bacterial invasion and nail rot. Even if the disease is controlled, it is difficult to recover.