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How to deal with the problems encountered by turtles in daily feeding

2022-01-05 / 1034 Read

In daily life, when you keep pets, you will definitely encounter all kinds of problems, such as not eating, heat stroke, illness, cold, etc. The most troublesome, if If we don’t know how to deal with it, we usually have to go to the veterinary hospital, which is time-consuming, labor-intensive and expensive. If we know how to deal with accidents that happen to pets, it will not be much better. Now I will introduce to you how to deal with them. Tortoise problems encountered in daily feeding!

How

1. Severe trauma

First, apply gauze pressure to stop bleeding, and if there is a large area of wound, in addition to stopping bleeding, it is necessary to moisturise with normal saline. During the recovery period of the wound, disinfectant water or saline solution should be used to clean the wound to avoid bacterial infection.

Broken shell

First, keep the shell intact, then wrap the body with gauze, and moisturize with saline (so If the ash is damaged, the water in the tortoise will start to lose continuously).

3. Broken nails

Aquatic turtles should be kept out of water to make the wound recover quickly; terrestrial turtles should be placed in the box to avoid crawling and moving Infection and deterioration of wounds.

Four. Cold and runny nose

You can use a warm pack to help the turtle keep warm. If there is secretions in the respiratory tract, you can use saline to clean the nasal cavity. More serious, soaking in warm water to bring it back to temperature can also be.

V. Severe diarrhea

Pay attention to keeping warm. In addition, if the turtle has no appetite, it can be force-fed with an empty syringe or esophagus. Feed water or sports drinks to supplement some electrolytes, or add some vegetable puree if necessary, and meat-eating or omnivorous turtles can be fed puree to maintain their stamina.

Six, heat stroke

Soak in water to cool down the turtle and add water.

7. Prolapse

When the reproductive organs or internal organs of the tortoise are exposed, please wrap the exposed tissue with gauze, and repeatedly drizzle Moisturize with salt water and seek medical attention as soon as possible.