My turtle's eyes are swollen

The turtle's eyes are red and swollen, which is probably an eye disease;

【 Etiology 】: The turtle's eyes are injured or stimulated by poor water quality, which causes the diseased turtle to rub its eyes with its forelimbs and infect bacteria. The disease is more common in red-eared turtles, soft-shelled turtles, yellow-throated soft-shelled turtles, yellow-edged soft-shelled turtles, eye-spotted soft-shelled turtles, etc., and the incidence of young turtles is higher. The onset season is spring, and autumn and spring after wintering are the epidemic peaks.

[diagnosis]:

The eyes of the sick turtle are inflamed, congested and swollen. The cornea and nasal mucosa of the eye are eroded by inflammation of the eye, the outside of the eye is covered with white secretions, and there is inflammation inside the eye. Sick turtles often wipe their eyes with their forelimbs, which makes them slow down and stop eating. In severe cases, the sick turtle becomes blind, and finally the turtle becomes thin and dies. Some sick turtles have only one eye at the beginning of the disease. If no measures are taken, symptoms will soon appear in the other eye.

[prevention]:

1. Strengthen feeding management. Before and after overwintering, when eating, strengthen nutrition and enhance disease resistance.

2. Disinfect the utensils for feeding turtles. Glass jars and aquariums for raising turtles are soaked in 10% salt water for 30 minutes, and then washed with clear water before raising turtles.

3. Soaking in penicillin or potassium permanganate solution is not only a preventive measure, but also an early treatment. The concentration of young turtles is 20 mg/L, and the concentration of young turtles to adults is 30 mg/L. The soaking time depends on the water temperature. If necessary, soak 1 time (40 minutes) every day for 3-5 days.

[treatment]:

1, feed more animal livers.

2, disinfection. Rivano; Also known as Rever's ear, surgical drugs were soaked in 1% aqueous solution once a day for 40~60 seconds for 3~8 days.

3. Soak in furacilin (or furazolidone) solution. The concentration of 20 mg/L is used for cone turtles. The concentration of young turtle 30 mg/L is the same as that of young turtle. 40 minutes each time, once a day for 3~5 days.

4. Dakening eye ointment or chlortetracycline. (The eye drops we usually use are also ok. )

[medication method]

1. Wash the outside of eyes with a cotton swab dipped in rivanol to remove ulcers.

2. Dip a cotton swab into Dakening eye ointment or chloramphenicol eye drops and apply it to the affected area.

3. Soak the tortoise with furacilin solution.

Remember later:

Don't use fresh tap water for turtles. Chlorine in water easily swells turtle's eyes. Raise turtles with cold and dried water.