Reptiles
Domestic Turtle Calendar
Any experienced keeper, veterinarian and turtle.ru forum member will tell you that every year the same events occur in the turtle world related to the health, behavior of turtles and themselves in people’s…
Children’s page: How to care for a turtle
Have you decided to get a turtle? Yes, this is a very interesting animal – it crawls funny, can eat a leaf of lettuce from its hands, waving its paws in a funny…
Fungus in tortoises (mycosis)
Symptoms: ulcers and crusts on the skin or shell Turtles: land turtles Treatment: carried out by a veterinarian, contagious to other turtles “Dry” stratification of scutes, caused by the saprophytic fungus Fusarium incarnatum.…
Mycotic dermatitis, fungus, saprolegniosis and bact. infection in aquatic turtles
Symptoms: excessive shedding, reddening of the skin, white “pimples” on the skin, ulcers, crumbling of the carapace, improper detachment of the scutes Turtles: water turtles Treatment: veterinary examination required Fungal infections, including primary…
Helminthiases: roundworms, oxyurides and other worms
Symptoms: diarrhea, constipation, helminths in feces or in tests Turtles: water and land Treatment: veterinary examination required A warm bath stimulates peristalsis, usually the turtle defecates and the excrement can be checked for…
Mouth diseases (necrotic stomatitis, herpes, herpesvirosis)
Symptoms: difficulty breathing, refusal to feed, lethargy, yellow flakes in the mouth Turtles: more often small land Treatment: at the veterinarian, cured badly. INFECTIOUS to other turtles, not infectious to humans! Delay in…
Treatment of fractures, bruises, abrasions, burns, injuries, wounds
Symptoms: various skin injuries Turtles: water and land Treatment: self-treatment possible The reasons: The most common causes of injury in turtles are: shell fracture – dogs, falling from a balcony, from a terrarium,…
Turtle kidney failure (TR), nephritis
Symptoms: passivity, refusal to eat, blood under the plates on the plastron, no salts in the urine Turtles: more often land Treatment: symptoms are seen in the last stage, when it is too…
Vitamin D3 and calcium deficiency (rickets, hypocalcification, osteopenia)
Symptoms: soft or crooked shell Turtles: water and land Treatment: can be cured on its own, running is not treated This is the most common group of diseases when keeping turtles in captivity.…
Vitamin A deficiency (hypovitaminosis A)
Symptoms: puffy eyes, shedding problems Turtles: water and land Treatment: can be cured by yourself Vitamin A in the body of animals is responsible for the normal growth and condition of epithelial tissues.…
