The rotten skin of the grass turtle is generally caused by bacteria. If the water quality of the environment where the grass turtle grows is not clean, it will easily lead to bacterial growth. Bacteria will directly invade the skin of the tortoise after breeding, coupled with the poor resistance of some tortoises themselves, so it is easy to occur the phenomenon of rotten skin. Secondly, we need to give the tortoise regular sunshine, light is a sharp weapon to kill bacteria, if the light is not enough, it will be easy to breed bacteria or parasites.
First of all, in the ordinary maintenance process, we must pay attention to keeping the water clean, and usually give the grass turtle more sunshine, feed more nutritious food, such as fish, meat, etc., can enhance its resistance. After the appearance of rotten skin, if the symptoms are mild, you can not use drug treatment, first for a period of dry nourishment, to keep the body dry. But in the process of dry maintenance, we should pay attention to its own cleanliness. If the symptoms are serious, medication is needed. It can be treated by applying povidone iodine or erythromycin, or by feeding amoxicillin, but the course of treatment is relatively long and requires patience and careful treatment.
