Tortoise are unique and great pets that you can learn to love. It is also easy taking care of it too. A healthy tortoise can survive outdoors without a problem. But if your tortoise is inflicted with a disease, you would have to take care of it. Here are some of the common diseases on tortoises and some tips on and curing it.
The first common disease on tortoise is constipation. The tortoise can get this disease because of an improper diet. Getting too much of fiber can also direct to to constipation. If your tortoise experiences this, all you have to do is to soak the tortoise in the bath of tepid water in about 30 minutes. The water level should cover the plastron.
Diarrhoea is the common result of having too much fruits to eat. You have to change its diet with foods that are less hydrated. You should also add alfalfa on its diet.
Pneumonia in tortoises can be caused by unclean surroundings, over populating, and inaccurate temperature. Once your tortoise gets sick with this illness, you must go and meet up with the veterinarian.
Eye infections can infect a tortoise when it lacks Vitamin A. The first thing you should do is to use eye drops especially made for tortoises. To prevent eye infections, add foods rich in Vitamin A.
Injuries and ticks are the most common causes of shell rot. You must remove loose shields and clean the tortoise daily and including Betadine as you clean it. Getting the tortoise exposed to the air helps in curing the illness.
These methods of curing illnesses are great but sometimes can be useless. When there is no signs of improvement on the tortoise after using the methods mentioned above, quickly take your tortoise to the veterinarian.
