1, reason: musk tortoise cannot eat too much salt, because eat salt to be able to cause burden to their kidney, if eat too much salt, can cause body oedema.
2. Solution: If it is because of eating too much salt, the breeder needs to stop feeding the food with salt immediately, or raise the water temperature by 2 ℃ to promote them to discharge the salt from their bodies as soon as possible. During the treatment period, the breeder can stop feeding, or feed some vegetables, fruits, etc. To relieve edema.
1. Cause: If the musk tortoise only has forelimb edema, it may be liver and spleen problems. If there is only edema in the hind limbs, it may be a kidney problem. Most of these two are caused by malnutrition or low metabolism.
2. Solution: If the metabolism is low, the breeder can feed less animal feed and more vegetables and fruits. If it is due to malnutrition, we need to feed more highly nutritious and digestible food.
1, reason: The musk tortoise that enters jar newly does not get used to water quality to appear very easily the circumstance of oedema, but water quality is too poor also cause oedema likely.
2. Solution: The breeder needs to change the water for them regularly. If the musk turtles are new to the tank, the changes in water temperature and quality can be minimized so that they can adapt themselves.
