My old Brazilian turtle has been sniffling and breathing loudly recently, and doesn't like to stay in the water. He is lazier than before and can't climb. What happened to him?

Pneumonia According to your tortoise's condition, it is true that you have pneumonia. Symptoms and causes: there is mucus in the corners of the mouth and nose, the tortoise is sleepy, its head is held high, its front and rear legs are weak, and its nose and mouth will gasp. It is related to the temperature change. 2. Medical treatment: isolation, raising the temperature in the feeding box to about 30 degrees. Gentamycin is added into water according to the ratio of 1: 20. The most important thing is to give medicine. Crushing amoxicillin and vitamin 21 (a little), mixing with raw eggs (a little), gently holding the sides of the head with thumb and forefinger when the tortoise stretches its head, opening its mouth with a large needle tail, and dropping the mixture of medicine and eggs with a syringe. One or two drops each time, about ten drops each time, twice a day. First, judge whether they have pneumonia. You put the turtle in the water (the water level is a little deeper) and observe whether there is white secretion in its nose and mouth and mucus in its mouth. Do you always open your mouth and breathe? No matter how weak it is in water, it always floats on the water or is semi-inclined. Have you lost your appetite or stopped eating? Sleep with your head down (lethargy)? The nose is abnormally small, the breathing is noisy (edema), and the tongue coating is white. Afraid of water (always standing upright against the cylinder wall) If all these symptoms exist, then your little turtle has pneumonia. We should take the time to treat it. The following are the general treatment methods: pneumonia [cause] The sudden drop in temperature leads to inflammation of the turtle's lungs. This disease often occurs in summer or during hibernation! 【 Symptoms 】 The sick turtle has a runny nose, shortness of breath, louder voice than usual, and white mucus in his mouth. Terrestrial turtles with this disease will drink more water! 【 Prevention 】 Keep the temperature of turtle house constant in winter, and pay attention to ventilation in summer. If you have this disease, you should isolate the sick turtle in time and soak it in the diluent of streptomycin, penicillin and other drugs! Symptoms of pneumonia: the sick turtle has a runny nose, purulent and sticky in the later stage, loud breathing, and white mucus on the turtle mouth or water surface. Prevention and control: keep the temperature of turtle house constant and the temperature difference does not change much. Pay attention to ventilation in summer. When the ambient temperature drops suddenly, the temperature should be raised in time. Firstly, the sick turtles were isolated and raised in 0.5~ 1 kg water, then soaked in10 ~120,000 units of potassium permanganate for 4~5 hours, and then sprayed with 20,000 units of ciprofloxacin; Oral norfloxacin 10mg cefalexin 5mg for 5~6 days. In severe cases, intramuscular injection of gentamycin, streptomycin, etc. , according to the weight of each kilogram /3 ml turtle, isolation, raise the temperature in the breeding box to about 30 degrees. 2. Add gentamicin into water according to the ratio of 1: 20. The most important thing is to give medicine. Crush amoxicillin and vitamin XXI (a little), mix it with raw eggs (a little) evenly, gently hold the sides of the head with thumb and forefinger when the tortoise stretches its head, open its mouth with a large needle tail, and drip the mixture of medicine and eggs with a syringe. One or two drops each time, about ten drops each time, twice a day. My treatment experience: According to my personal experience, try not to treat with injection. Many turtle friends can't master the dose, which leads to the death of turtles after injection. I have a way to get the tortoise to start eating as soon as possible, and then take measures to treat pneumonia after eating. First, raise the water temperature to above 28 degrees Celsius, and put some anti-inflammatory drugs in the water appropriately (but change it to clean water after one hour). Turtles will eat in this environment for about a week. Note: change the water for the turtle every day. Bacteria will grow rapidly in high temperature environment. Changing water infrequently will have an impact on the health of turtles. After the tortoise began to eat, it began to treat pneumonia. I usually take the method of perfusion. For turtles suffering from severe pneumonia, the amoxicillin powder aqueous solution should be poured into the turtle's mouth three times a day, and the daily dosage should not exceed one fifth. Long-term overdose will damage the internal organs of turtles. Turtles with mild pneumonia can feed one-eighth of amoxicillin powder water solution every day. Medicine tonic is usually not easy, turtle is stubborn and stubborn. Often ends in failure. I usually inject the prepared medicine into the stomach of small fish and feed it to the turtle. In the process of feeding medicine, the tortoise always spits out powder, so I have to pay attention to skills when feeding medicine. I often reach out to catch the fish in its mouth on purpose, and turtle usually swallows the fish nervously, so why should I care about spitting out the powder in its mouth? Fish, only small fish, the fish is too big. When the tortoise eats it, it has to tear the fish with its forelimbs. In the process of tearing, the powder is easily dissolved in water, which can't achieve the purpose of feeding medicine. You can also apply the powder to the fish head or belly and let the turtle swallow it in one gulp. If your turtle wants to eat steamed bread, you can mix amoxicillin powder into small steamed bread slices and knead them evenly for the turtle to eat. This method is very simple, and it also saves the trouble of feeding medicine to the turtle. It is worth noting that the treatment of young turtles needs more thinking: first, the treatment environment, young turtles are very small, the water level can not exceed their shells. However, the heating rod requires higher water level, and water must pass through and be higher than it. At this time, it is necessary to build a platform in the tank and put the turtle on the platform for treatment. Introduction: Put a glass bowl upside down in the jar with a glass plate on it. Use two plastic plates as isolation to prevent it from climbing into the deep water area. I just put the turtle in the platform in the circle for treatment. You can make such a platform with suitable materials around you. As long as it can play a therapeutic role. If some turtle friends don't have the right conditions to use the heating rod, they can only put the turtle in normal temperature water for treatment: put the anti-inflammatory powder in water, soak it for one hour, then put it in fresh water, and feed it in the following way during soaking. Only this method takes effect slowly and is suitable for soft-shelled turtles with mild illness. Secondly, the method of drug administration. I always feed eat small fish the tortoise or shrimp. At this time, you need to cut them into small pieces (to ensure that the turtle can swallow them in one bite) and then clean them with powder (so that even if the food is in water, the powder will not fall off easily). If you just dip the medicine in food, it will disperse when it meets water, and it will not play the role of feeding medicine. For small turtles, the dosage should be less, and don't feed more. Thirdly, the precautions for treatment, whether it is high temperature treatment or normal temperature treatment, should be changed frequently (at least once a day in summer). Sunburn for 30-60 minutes at a time, and don't expose yourself to the sun. Turtle with pneumonia is forbidden to keep dry, which is easy to aggravate the condition. Sterilize cylinders frequently and in time. Observe the state of the tortoise every day to understand the progress of treatment. The excrement of the turtle should be removed in time, and the water should be changed one hour after the turtle eats, and the temperature difference should not exceed 2 degrees Celsius.