How much do you know about turtle stress response? Have you ever encountered it in your daily feeding? How do you deal with it after encountering it?
The so-called stress response is that when the turtle encounters strong harmful stimuli, the physiological and psychological tension is continuous. During this process, the adrenaline in the turtle's body is secreted in large quantities, acting on various organs in the turtle's body. The continuous effect will cause the internal organs to contract and eventually ischemic lesions. Different organs that continue to act, turtles will have different symptoms. If they act on the stomach and intestines, they will cause bleeding points in the intestines and damage to intestinal function to varying degrees; if they act on the liver, they will cause liver enlargement and ischemia necrosis. Regardless of the organ that acts on, long-term and continuous stress reactions will lead to sudden death of the turtle.
Sometimes when we treat turtle disease, we will find that the turtle that originally thought could last for a few days could not last for a day or even overnight. A large part of the reason is caused by stress reactions.
stress response is divided into benign stress and malignant stress, but no matter which stress, it must exist at the source, that is, stressor . The stressor can be any object, animal, environment and human that makes the turtle feel all irritation, tension and insecure. Literally speaking, benign stress is better than malignant stress. This is indeed the case on the broad side, because most malignant stress is more serious, while we hardly notice it. However, benign stress can accumulate and eventually cause qualitative change, which turns into malignant stress. Of course, benign and malignant should also be different from the type, size and temper and personality of the turtle.
Why does the turtle have a stress response? What are the stressors? I think the answer to this question is as follows:
①, huge temperature difference and severe weather stimulation (such as thunderous weather, strong windy weather, etc.);
②, strong vibration and huge noise (such as violent transportation and bumpy roads, etc.);
③, discomfort in the new environment (including incorrect mixing, fighting between turtles, etc.);
③, discomfort in the new environment (including incorrect mixing, fighting between turtles, etc.);
④, Incorrect treatment behaviors (such as improper injection operation, excessively high concentration of medicine, etc.);
⑤, Incorrect sleeping methods after hibernation (such as human play and malicious interaction, etc.);
Of course, there are many other situations that also fall into the category of stressors, such as falling from a high place, scalds, burns ; artificial incorrect force-feeding, etc.
What are the manifestations and behavioral characteristics of the turtle's stress response? The specific manifestations include: the turtle quickly crawling meaninglessly in the environment, constantly jumping from the sun platform into the water; abnormally drowning-like ups and downs in the water; constantly hitting the cylinder wall with its body, etc.
When it comes to treatment, it is better to talk about prevention first. The key to stress response is prevention, because it is troublesome and laborious to treat, and the function of the turtle will be damaged to a certain extent. We only need to control the details on a large-scale basis. For example, when changing water in a simple way, you should also pay attention to changing less, maintaining a good temperature, and giving the turtle a stable and safe environment as much as possible. In terms of treatment, you can choose to use vitamin C for rescue. The mechanism of action is that vitamin C participates in the synthesis of adrenal corticosteroid , which will reduce the secretion rate of adrenal hormone and maintain the immunity of the turtle body. But this can only be said to be rescue, and there are many failed cases, most of which are ultimately death due to too severe stress response.
How much do you know about the stress response of turtles?
