During the treatment of gastroenteritis of soft-shelled turtle, pay attention to stop feeding soft-shelled turtle. Some novice turtles are worried that they will starve to death if they don't eat for a few days, and they can't wait to feed the sick turtles when their condition improves. At first, this often leads to the recurrence of gastroenteritis. In fact, it is no problem for turtles not to eat for a few days. If you are really worried that the tortoise will be hungry, you can feed it with proper amount of Astragalus polysaccharide solution and electrolytic multi-dimensional nutrient solution.
The treatment of turtle enteritis is divided into three stages, namely, stopping diarrhea, regulating the stomach and intestines, and opening food. The specific treatment method is as follows:
1, the first thing to do is to help sick turtles stop diarrhea. There are many kinds of therapeutic drugs that can be used, including gentamicin, penicillin, oxytetracycline, berberine, houttuynia cordata, etc. But no matter what kind of medicine you feed, you must pay attention to controlling the dose, and match the appropriate dose strictly according to the weight of the sick turtle.
2. After the sick turtle stops diarrhea, the next step is to help it regulate its stomach and intestines. The commonly used drugs for regulating the intestines and stomach of soft-shelled turtle are Mamiai and Synbiotics Probiotics, which can play a very good role in regulating the intestines and stomach. You can choose one of them to soak in water and dilute it to help the sick turtle recover its digestive function.
You can try to feed the sick turtle after it recovers its appetite and digestive function. However, in the period when turtle gastroenteritis is cured, it is necessary to feed digestible food, and soft turtle food can be fed. Be careful not to feed the turtle indigestible food to avoid the recurrence of gastroenteritis.
Second, prevention of gastroenteritis in soft-shelled turtle
1, change the water frequently: pet owners usually need to change the water in the turtle tank regularly. At the same time, we should pay great attention to the water quality, and replace it in time once it is found turbid or dirty. In addition, after each feeding, we should observe whether there is food residue in the pool. If there is, it needs to be fished out in time to prevent water pollution. However, it is suggested that pet owners change water after feeding turtles every time to ensure clean water quality.
2. Disinfect the turtle tank regularly: Before putting the turtle into the turtle tank, the pet should clean and disinfect the turtle tank first, and then disinfect it once in a while. Povidone iodine can be used to scrub the inside and outside of the turtle tank for disinfection.
3. Reasonable feeding: strictly select the feed suitable for soft-shelled turtle to ensure that the food eaten by soft-shelled turtle is nutritious, safe and harmless. Strictly avoid feeding spoiled food.
4. Pay attention to adjusting feeding frequency and feeding amount: The feeding frequency and feeding amount of soft-shelled turtle should increase or decrease with the change of season, temperature and time.
5. Stop feeding during the low temperature period and when the temperature difference is large. When the temperature is low, the digestive function of turtles will be reduced, so feeding should be suspended at this time. In addition, turtles should stop feeding one week before hibernation.
This concludes the introduction of Dr. Paw Paw. I wonder if the above sharing will help you? In any case, I hope that pet owners will pay more attention to preventing gastroenteritis, a common disease of turtles, and try to avoid turtles getting sick.