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So Bean had some white spots on her shell and some soft, brown stuff happening on her plastron, as well as a couple of white spots. I compared this with some pictures on the forum and figured it was shell rot, so I treated with Betadine and an antifungal cream.
How long should this treatment continue?
Will I see any major changes in appearance that indicate the treatment is over?
Also, there's dirt sticking to the antifungal cream. Should that worry me? I'm cleaning it off everyday and then letting her eat and then reapplying it right before she goes back into her hide.
Her plastron is a little soft around where her egg sac would have been. I think she's about 4 months old. How long until this softness goes away? Should I supplement extra calcium until then? It also looks a little wrinkly around there. Is that from the shell rot?
I tried to take some pictures, but nothing I'm describing shows up very well on them. I can only see the wrinklyness, for example, if I hold her up to the light and stare.
So, to summarize: Something happened to my tortoise and I don't know if I'm doing it right aaaaaaahhhh!
PS: I also cleaned and dried out her hide/pen significantly and have adopted the terryo method of only watering the plants. I thought the clover would have grown in over the top soil by now, but it's really taking its sweet time.
How long should this treatment continue?
Will I see any major changes in appearance that indicate the treatment is over?
Also, there's dirt sticking to the antifungal cream. Should that worry me? I'm cleaning it off everyday and then letting her eat and then reapplying it right before she goes back into her hide.
Her plastron is a little soft around where her egg sac would have been. I think she's about 4 months old. How long until this softness goes away? Should I supplement extra calcium until then? It also looks a little wrinkly around there. Is that from the shell rot?
I tried to take some pictures, but nothing I'm describing shows up very well on them. I can only see the wrinklyness, for example, if I hold her up to the light and stare.
So, to summarize: Something happened to my tortoise and I don't know if I'm doing it right aaaaaaahhhh!
PS: I also cleaned and dried out her hide/pen significantly and have adopted the terryo method of only watering the plants. I thought the clover would have grown in over the top soil by now, but it's really taking its sweet time.