| Nodules or lipomes (tumor abcesses) |
Hypovitaminosis (vitamin
E), nutritional problems.
|
| Agitation,
restlessness |
Intestinal bound, constipation, egg retention, intestinal parasites.
|
| Lack of appetite,
anorexy |
Accompanies almost all fatal states.
|
| Blood in the
stools |
Intestinal injuries due to a bound; septicemia, amebiasis or
other types of intestinal infestations.
|
| Breathing
with the mouth open |
Colds, pneumonia.
|
| Whistling when breathing |
Viral cold inflamation.
|
| Carapace decoloration |
Excessive chlorine in the water, nutritional problems,
hypovitaminosis
(vitamin A).
|
| Rachytism, carapace
deformations |
Hypovitaminosis (vitamin
D3) , hypocalcemia and lack of phosphorus, lack of enough exposure to direct
sun or UV rays, nutritional problems, too small aquarium. Pyramiding. Lack of iron.
|
| Scutes falling (Carapace) |
Hypovitaminosis (vitamin
A). If the turtle is also suffering from decolorations or light spots
in the body, suspect a mycoses attack.
|
| Softening of the carapace |
Rachitysm.
|
| Spots on the carapace
and the skin |
Hypovitaminosis (vitamin
A), infestation of mycetes.
|
| Things hanging out from his cloaca |
Prolapsed penis or intestines.
|
| Constipation |
Nutritional problems such as too much dry food, intestinal
bound, egg retention.
|
| Diahrrea |
Nutritional problems (too acid fruits), intestinal parasites.
|
| Ear swelling |
Pus abceses caused by otitis, getting cold.
|
| Eyes leaking
pus or tildraps |
Viral cold inflamation.
|
| Exhorbited eyes |
Hypovitaminosis (vitamin
A), infectious conjunctivitis.
|
| Eyelids totally
glued together |
Comming out of hybernation, colds, a foreign object in the
eye, lack of nutrients
|
| Hemorrages. Generalized
but scarce bleeding, red coloring of the skin,
extreme lethargy. |
Septicemia.
|
| Whitish or yellowish spots inside the mouth |
Stomatitis, mouth rot (herpes).
|
| Filamentous mucous comming
out of mouth and nose |
Colds, viral cold inflamation.
|
| Paralisys (partial
or total) |
General trauma, falls, septicemia, auricular abceses.
|
| Excessive shedding
of the skin |
Too much clorine in the water.
|
Swimming backwards after rubbing
head on the shell or getting head constantly inside the shell
|
Frontal discomfort.
|
| Swimming lopsided |
Pneumonia
|
| Troath swelling |
Stomatitis, herpes.
|
| Vomiting |
She ate too fast, allergic reaction to a medicine.
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