Many people keep green iguanas as pets, and I also see a few friends who are raising them well, but some owners are often concerned about the skin diseases of green iguanas , feel a headache. If your own green iguana has skin disease, how to treat it? If you want to know its treatment and prevention methods, you can follow the editor to learn about it!
The cause of green iguana skin disease: parasitic infection: parasites are divided into internal and external, internal parasites can be said that almost no green iguana is more or less There are some of them. If you can buy a green iguana to take home, it is best to add insect repellent to the food and feed it. If there are parasitic red or white insects on the surface of the scales, you can take it to the bathroom. Use hot water and a towel to gently scrub, if the situation is too serious, you can go to the dog store to buy an insecticide for dogs and wash the surface of the green iguana with water.
How to treat green iguana's skin disease?
1. Dilute potassium permanganate, the dilution ratio is half a cup of water at a time, potassium permanganate is the size of soybean.
2. Help the green iguana take a bath.
3. Take a toothbrush dipped in the diluted solution on the place where the green iguana has skin disease and brush repeatedly with some force.
4. The green iguana does not need to take a shower after brushing, and it should be brushed continuously for 6 days.
5. After a few days of brushing, the green iguana will turn into a black lizard, and it will be fine after molting.
6. After bathing the green iguana, clean up the breeding environment. It is best to expose it to the sun or soak it in boiling water to thoroughly clear the parasites and eggs.
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