1, reason: There is white canker on crocodile turtle body, the likelihood is saprolegniasis, basically be because water quality is too poor cause. White floccule will appear in the early stage of Saprolegniasis, and ulceration will appear in the later stage when it is more serious.
2. Treatment: If the symptoms of saprolegniasis are not serious, the breeder only needs to brush off the saprolegniasis with a brush, change more water at ordinary times, and bask in the sun to avoid food residues in the water. If the symptoms are serious, you need to take a medicated bath with 5% salt water for no more than 10 minutes, and then bask in the sun for about 30 minutes every day, usually in 3-5 days.
after disinfection 1. Reason: The white ulcerated place on the body of the crocodile turtle may also be suffering from rotting nail disease, mostly due to the lack of timely treatment after trauma and bacterial invasion. There are only small white spots in the early stage of rotten nail disease, and ulceration will occur in the later stage when it is serious.
2. Treatment: If the symptoms are not serious, the breeder can use 1% hydrogen peroxide to clean the white spots, and then apply aureomycin ointment, which needs to be dried for several hours. If the white spots rot seriously, the breeder needs to clean up the rotten parts, pick out the things similar to tofu dregs from the carapace, then disinfect them with alcohol, and finally apply aureomycin ointment, which can be wrapped with gauze if conditions permit.
