snapping turtle may be shedding its skin, which is a normal physiological phenomenon. It usually appears in the golden period of growth of snapping turtles. Most snapping turtles molt once a year, and the new skin turns yellow or white after molting. Snapping turtles need more food when they molt, and breeders need to feed them more nutritious food to increase their molting rate. When molting, water should be changed frequently, because molting is easy to pollute water quality, and metabolism is higher when molting, so it is better to change water once every two days, and the amount of water changed each time should be controlled at half of the total amount of water.
snapping turtles may be due to skin rot disease, mainly due to poor water quality or bacterial infection. After the snapping turtle suffers from the rotten skin disease, the affected area will appear rotten and smelly, and if the symptoms are more serious, it may also expand the area of decay. The breeder needs to fish out the crocodile turtle first, then disinfect the container with potassium permanganate solution, and then put the crocodile turtle in the new water. If the rotten skin is more serious, you can use potassium permanganate solution or salt water bath, salt water bath time can not exceed 10 minutes, you can also apply penicillin ointment treatment.
