riley_bla41000
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I have recently scrubbed all the rotted areas off his shell and was wondering if I should continue scrubbing and dry docking him while his shell heals back, thanks!
Question about shell rot
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I just seen a program where a turtle had plastron shell rot. They cleaned the areas and put medical grade honey on the areas. They then wrapped the turtle so when they walked they wouldn't scrape the honey off. The honey would also keep out the water from the rot area. You could either keep him dry docked until the areas look closed so dirty water and dirt can't get into them, or use the medical grade honey and put him back in his tank.
Yo want to use Nolvasan (chlorhexadine) to clean the area, and use silvadine cream only on are that bleed after the aggressive debridement necessary in shell rot. You have to remove all necrotic tissue, or slowing down the necrosis in general will be very difficult. I have had success treating animals, then dry docking them immediately after, overnight until the next morning.
@wellington, I've never hear of the honey being used? Was that for shell rot in a tortoise, or a turtle?
@wellington, I've never hear of the honey being used? Was that for shell rot in a tortoise, or a turtle?
They used it on two turtles. The one was a spotted with many shell rot areas on its plastron. They cleaned out all the soft infected tissue and then packed the medical grade honey over it. The other turtle, don't know species had a gash on the carapace and they did the same thing. The did also have a injured tortoise, an Aldabra with a very loose scute. They pulled the scute off, cleaned and again but some honey on its. I really liked the fact that it's good for humans and animals and that its all natural.
Do you know of any literature that recommends this? I have NEVER heard of anything like that and I am so interested to learn more about that approach.
I don't, I just looked it up on the Internet after seeing the program. In the link I posted below is the thread I started about it. In that thread, Yvonne post a link to some info about it and also Jaizei posted a link to an older thread that is also about it. In the link, Jaizei posted is a post from Boah who uses it. He is no longer a participating member here, but he does still lurk. Maybe he will fill you in on what he knows either in a pm or a thread. Manuka brand is the most recommended. Hope this helps. http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/medical-grade-honey.110183/
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