Shell Rot :(

[Cephalopod]

Hi All! So my birthday present from Darwin was a pencil eraser sized spot of shell rot that I discovered this morning... YAY ME! I've been reading threads today and I just want to make sure I'm doing things right. Any and all advice is totally welcome!

Betadine soak, soft scrub of the shell, betadine soak again, clean the enclosure and put down a dry surface like paper towels, once he's dry start with an anti-fungal in the area of the discovered spot, clean all items in the enclosure prior to discovery of offender spot, keep the dry substrate until spot is gone. Soak, scrub and repeat...

Did I miss anything? I noted some people used paper towels as a temporary substrate, anyone afraid their tort would munch on the PT? Can I sub the PT with dry cypress mulch? I've adjusted the misting system to span out and mist less, but do I completely shut it off until spot is gone, and just soak-soak-soak?
Goodness I feel I'm drowning here already...
Thanks all!
Shayna

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Clean the area.
Use betadine once.
Then only use a small amount of athletes foot cream every day or two for maybe 2 weeks.
Itll go away quickly.
You might want to post a photo or two so that we can be sure it actually is fungal.
And happy Birthday.

 

[Cephalopod]

Clean the area.
Use betadine once.
Then only use a small amount of athletes foot cream every day or two for maybe 2 weeks.
Itll go away quickly.
You might want to post a photo or two so that we can be sure it actually is fungal.
And happy Birthday.

Thanks! I really appreciate the advice!

 

[ZEROPILOT]

That might be just a scrub mark...Or it could be the start of fungus.
The good thing about the athletes foot cream is that it does no harm. Even if it isn't needed.

 

[Cephalopod]

I’m hoping it’s not fungus, but while stripping out his cage I think it was too moist. Idk how because I havent made any adjustments lately. So I’m probly being overly cautious and hoping for the best. Cut way back on his misting system and changed out his substrate to a layer of PT’s under cypress mulch. Going to keep a close eye on it for the next few weeks... Thanks again Zeropilot!

 

[Tim Carlisle]

Common cause of shell rot (not recommended!):

 

[Cephalopod]

Common cause of shell rot (not recommended!):View attachment 253603

Thats so funny!!!!