rot on plastron?
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It could be the start. She needs a dry top layer of substrate while the bottom is damp for high humidity.
You can use some OTC antifungal cream like what is sold for athletes foot on the spots until they are gone.
You can use some OTC antifungal cream like what is sold for athletes foot on the spots until they are gone.
thank you! i bought some cypress mulch today to use instead of forest floor bedding and am planning on moving her over to a new enclosure where i could hopefully keep better humidity. i am currently using a fogger on a low setting which seems like it overdoes the humidity.
Alex and the Redfoot
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ZooMed Forest Floor and cypress mulch are the same thing... And where did you get cypress mulch (members here sometimes struggle to find it)?
Yes, foggers and other humidifiers usually wet top substrate layer and eventually this results in shell fungus. Hopefully, in the new enclosure you can just pour water in the corners to maintain humidity.
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You need a closed chamber enclosure and not a fogger or a mister.
A closed chamber enclosure will hold in warmth and humidity.
I don't think that looks like fungus. But the Athletes foot cream will do no harm. So I'd probably just use some anyway to be safe.
I reccomend any Redfoot keeper. Newby or not. Have a tube handy just in case.
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