reoccuring skin infection
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My diamondbacks are suffering from a skin infection. It is going from one turtle to the next. I have posted two pics on the group page. Can anyone give me advice on how to stop this infection? My DBt are in a 77 gallon filled to the top with a land area on the top. The water is kept at varied salinities. I installed a UVB steriliser last month ( two have gotten the infection since then) and have just set up a UVB light. The have a 100 watt spot on top of the land area. I feed them 2-3 times a week outside of the tank. They get frozen fish, feeder fish, trout chow, pinkies, although I did offer a farmed raised cray fish a few months ago, but they where getting this infection before this. My mature female has had it at least 3 times in the past 2 years. The infection responds well to baytril. I will appreaciate any help. Thanks Julie
Julie, Have you tried increasing the salinity during this time? It can be the added stimulus that they need to overcome it once and for all. You might double-check and see if the infections correspond to lower salinity at all. Some wild-caughts just do not do well outside of brackish environments. Some on the other hand thrive in fresh and I have yet to draw a conclusion as to what exactly determines their adaptibility. All the best. -Chun — In diamondbackterrapins@y…, Julie Tougas
I have always had a bit of marine salt ( abotu 5-10 ppm) but I have never really increased it more than that. I will buy a bag of salt tomorrow and pump up the salinity. Thanks Julie — In diamondbackterrapins@y…, “diamondback_terrapin”
sorry correction: it should read 5-10 ppt Julie cuora22 wrote:
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