The Brazilian turtle is also called the red-eared turtle, the beautiful painted turtle, the mahjong turtle, the colorful turtle, the red-eared skateboard turtle, the Mississippi red-eared turtle, and the red-eared lateral line turtle. It is one of the subspecies of the painted turtle in the family Tetrapidae. A semi-aquatic turtle. There are actually many people who keep Brazilian turtles, but occasionally they encounter Brazilian turtles foaming at the mouth. So what should you do and what may be the cause?
Many experienced breeders have introduced that if the Brazilian turtle is foaming at the mouth , it is likely to be late-stage pneumonia. This requires urgent treatment for the Brazilian turtle, and do not delay the treatment time for no reason.
First of all, keep the temperature of the breeding water stable and do not let the water temperature change suddenly up and down. If possible, you can try injecting antibiotics into the Brazilian turtle. This treatment method is faster and more thorough.
Secondly, you can take a bath to treat the Brazilian turtle, 3/day Mix 4 tablets of azithromycin and 1 tablet of VC with 100-200ML water in a smaller container (the turtle can turn around in it) and give the turtle a bath for 4-5 hours.
It is worth noting that if the Brazilian turtle has not eaten for a long time, you can try to feed it some glucose when soaking the Brazilian turtle to help replenish its physical strength and make the Brazilian turtle faster. Get better.
