Antibiotics For Turtles: Which One For Which Disease?

Disclaimer: The following article includes different antibiotics for turtles according to their diseases. These medicines are only suitable for the creature when they are sick. Each antibiotic has minor side effects, and a specific dosage is required for a cure. Never apply any medicine to your turtle without diagnosis and consulting your vet. TheTurtleHub will take no responsibility if your turtle suffers from health loss due to the wrong medication.

Vets often suggest antibiotics for our sick turtles. But unfortunately, most of us have no idea which diseases those medicines can cure. Well, it is not mandatory to know the medications of the turtles. But getting familiar with those antibiotics will do no harm.

Vets suggest antibiotics according to the disease. For example, Valine, Acyclovir, and Valacyclovir cure herpes and Ranaviral illness. Similarly, Ampicillin, Chloramphenicol, Erythromycin, etc., are effective for bacterial diseases.

Get a full antibiotic list for turtles in the article below.

Antibiotics For Turtles: Which One For Which Disease?

Turtles require antibiotics to get rid of severe diseases, for example, hypovitaminosis, respiratory illness, shell rot, etc. Here, I have attached the effective antibiotic lists as per the diseases.

List of antibiotics for turtles,

Antibiotics For Turtles	Diseases
Valine	Herpes, Ranaviral disease
Acyclovir	Herpes, Ranaviral disease
Valaciclovir	Herpes, Ranaviral disease
Amikacin Sulfate	Bacterial shell disease
Amikacin	Pneumonia, Oral cavity, Hepatitis, Septicemia
Azithromycin	Bacterial infection, lung disease, pneumonia
Amphotericin B	Lungs disease, fungal infection
Ampicillin	Bacterial disease
Ceftiofur	Bacterial disease
Carbenicillin	Urnary tract infection
Ceftazidime	Bacterial infection, Hepatitis, Septicemia
Ceftiofur	Respiratory disease
Cefuroxime	Bacterial infection
Chloramphenicol	Bacterial infection
Ciprofloxacin	Bacterial infection, gastrointestine
Clarithromycin	Pneumonia, infection
Clindamycin	Bacterial infection
Clotrimazole	Fungal infection
Doxycycline	Bacterial disease
Erythromycin	Bacterial disease
Enrofloxacin	Bacterial disease, Hepatitis
Fluconazole	Fungal disease
Gentamicin	Salmonella
Itraconazole	Fungal disease
Ketoconazole	Fungal infection
Lincomycin	Bacterial infection
Marbofloxacin	Bladder, kidney, and skin disease
Metronidazole	Infectious diseases, shell rot
Neomycin	Bacterial skin infection
Nystatin	Fungal infection
Oxytetracycline	Infectious disease
Piperacillin	Infectious disease
Polymyxin B	Urinary tract and blood infection
Sulfamethoxazole	Infectious disease
Tobramycin	Bacterial diseases
Trimethoprim-sulfa	Bacterial disease, gastrointestine
Ticarcillin	Infectious disease
Tylosin	Inflammation and irritation
Voriconazole	Fungal disease

N.B. Consult your vet before administering any medicine to your turtles. The wrong dosage can do permanent harm to the pet.

Conclusion

Vets prescribe antibiotics after thorough checkups and diagnoses. Then, they adjust the medicine dosage according to the disease severity. So, never try to guess your pet’s illness and give it just any medicine you find. It can even kill the turtle.