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Can disease of tortoise rotten skin heal oneself? How to treat?

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Generally speaking, the tortoise will not heal itself after getting the rotten skin disease, and the breeder needs to take certain treatment measures to help the tortoise recover. The rotten skin disease of tortoises is usually caused by bacterial infection, mostly by water pollution. At this time, the first thing to do is to change the water and feed the sick tortoise alone. When the symptoms are mild, it can be soaked in light salt water. In severe cases, they need to be treated with cephalosporin, amoxicillin, potassium permanganate and other drugs.
Can disease of tortoise rotten skin heal oneself? How to treat?

1. Will the rotten skin disease of the tortoise heal

itself? The rotten skin disease of the tortoise is caused by the infection of bacteria in the tortoise itself, which is a disease. Although there is a certain chance of self-healing in mild cases, most of the time it will not heal itself, requiring the breeder to take treatment measures to help the tortoise recover. Because the infection of rotten skin disease usually comes from the pollution of water body, it is necessary to disinfect the fish tank and change the water in time.

2. How to treat

tortoise skin rot disease? 1. Mild condition: When the situation is not very serious, only need to change the original polluted water and disinfect the fish tank. Feed the infected tortoise alone, soak the affected area in salt water, and wait a few days for it to get better.

2. Serious illness: In the case of serious illness, in addition to the same need to isolate the sick tortoise and raise it separately, and to disinfect and change the water in the original fish tank, it is also necessary to purchase drugs such as cephalosporin, amoxicillin and potassium permanganate, which can sterilize and disinfect, to treat the tortoise. Take amoxicillin as an example, 10 mg of medicine is mixed with 1 kg of water to prepare a solution for the sick tortoise to bathe for 48 hours, and the affected area is cleaned repeatedly. Apply Fluocinolone Acetonide Ointment or Erythromycin Ointment, and you will get better after a few days.

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