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How to deal with the Malay fruit turtle

2020-11-21 / 408 Read

1. Shell rot disease

There are white spots on the carapace and plastron and limbs of the Malayan fruit turtle (initial symptoms), which slowly turn into red lumps. In severe cases, the tortoise shell will be eroded and perforated.

Treatment method: first clean the lesions on the shell of the tortoise, then apply purple syrup, then apply erythromycin eye ointment or remove the lesions and directly apply oxytetracycline powder to fill the inside, Do support!

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2. White eye disease

Malay fruit The turtle's eye becomes inflamed and gradually becomes grayish white and swollen. The cornea and surrounding area are eroded due to inflammation, and the outside of the eyeball is covered by a layer of white secretions, which makes the turtle unable to eat, and even becomes blind and gradually died.

Treatment method: Use chlortetracycline eye ointment to apply medicine on the lesions of the Malayan fruit turtle, twice a day; you can also use chloramphenicol eye drops, preferably 2 hours a day in the sun to benefit Anti-inflammatory.