For those who don't know in January, Doris got her plastron cracked by my dog. Afew days after the injury, the vet had "bondoed" her to seal the crack. Well her patch came loose and I was worried about debris getting under it so I peeled it off. I soaked her and did it over 2 days to reduce the amount of stress I gave her at 1 time. Here are pics of her.
Unfortunately it looks like the patch allowed the plastron to start healing but with a gap. It looks bad on the picture (#2) but it is actually much better. I could see inside her when it was fresh. There is definitely signs of the shell healing. You can see there is still tiny bits of pink I will get off the next time I soak her.
She walks much better without the weight of the patch on her. She is practically running races compared to her weighted down snowplow walk she had. I covered the area with tegaderm to keep anything from getting inside the area. Also its clear so I can watch the healing progress.
Dawna
Unfortunately it looks like the patch allowed the plastron to start healing but with a gap. It looks bad on the picture (#2) but it is actually much better. I could see inside her when it was fresh. There is definitely signs of the shell healing. You can see there is still tiny bits of pink I will get off the next time I soak her.
She walks much better without the weight of the patch on her. She is practically running races compared to her weighted down snowplow walk she had. I covered the area with tegaderm to keep anything from getting inside the area. Also its clear so I can watch the healing progress.
Dawna