Perhaps many new to pet turtle breeding novice turtles do not know the phenomenon of soft shell. So what makes the shell soft? The tortoise shell of oneself home becomes soft how to treat. Today I will talk to you about the turtle shell soft we should do is the best.

The first thing we need to know is can a turtle live when its shell is soft? Don't throw away your turtle shells as soon as they get soft. It's actually treatable. Turtle shell soft first consider whether calcium deficiency, and then consider the possible lack of some trace elements. The hardness of a turtle's shell is determined by calcium, and the less calcium, the softer the shell. If the body absorbs less calcium, a condition called soft armor may develop, requiring calcium supplements.

There are many ways to give the tortoise calcium in our daily life, you can increase the content of some shrimp in the food, or directly with calcium powder, mixed in turtle food inside the turtle used together, when giving the tortoise calcium supplement, also need to let the tortoise more sun, so that can better promote the absorption of calcium. Consider taking cod liver oil orally if the turtle is vitamin D deficient. Nutritional soft nail disease is unable to improve, usually need half a year to slowly recover, so calcium is a relatively long-term process.

Of course, in addition to the above In addition to the two reasons, there may also be some diseases that cause the turtle shell to soften, but these diseases are usually more complicated, and the prognosis of medical diseases is usually not particularly good.

So newcomers need to give our little ones in peacetime Turtles should strengthen their nutrition. Otherwise, when they become sick, they will need to spend a lot of energy to take care of them. Once a turtle is sick, please isolate it in a single room in time to avoid infection.