Urgent Care :: Follow up On Plasteron Infection

[LadyBloodRose]

I posted eailer this week on the Hatchling RES that I was treating for Hypovitaminosis then while in the middel of the treatment when I just started seeing great improvement BAM! He comes down with a minor infection in his plasteron. Since infections in the shell seem to end up being most common thing espiclay with alota younger turtles I decided to do this follow up after being asked by SpotsMomma to post a follow up .

Sighns of this particular infection were a reddening of the plasteron in some places, an over the red places, the plasteron was becoming rough, almost pitted. It was easily felt when you ran your finger over it.

Treatment: Neosporin and Dry Docing for 1 hour 2 times daily. Durring the Hour of Dry Doc, I allowed the turtle to rest an relax in the comfort of his heat light, an UVB, an when the weather was warm enough he also was Dry docked in natural sunlight .
To apply the neosporin, gently squeeze out a small amount an lightly rub into the plasteron of the turtles shell, - AFTER Dry Doc - before you place them back in their tank make sure that you take aclean paper towl an gently wipe away the excess

Here are some Follow up images of before, durring an after with his infection. -(please ignore some of the dates on the pictures)-

When the infection was first discovered - the pictures alil blurry but you can see the slight redding benith the plasteron - Some Turtlesnaturaly have a rusty red marks on their plasteron, trust me you can tell the diff when its an infection.


Donnie Relaxing In Dry Dock after the neosporin was applied



This picture was taken today after 3 days of treatment - Because the infection was cought eaily it was easily taken care of with lil to no stress to my hatchling. You can see nearly all of the redness is gone, an there is barely any pitting left

[SpotsMama]

Thank you so much. As with the other thread, if you are able to post another photo after a week that would be most appreciated. Are you continuing the treatments?

My Spot had a very similar situation on his plastron a few months ago. I thought it happened because his basking platform was too rough and scratched his shell then he didn't dry out enough during a rainy spell and developed the infection. He had several small bright red spots on his plastron, though no overall redness.

My vet prescribed a more rigorous regimine which I described on an earlier post of yours. It will be interesting to see how your much milder treatment compares in effectiveness.

[LadyBloodRose]

I am actualy continuing it, i expect it to actualy be cleared up in a few days He's surprised me with just how much he's been threw that he is healing an dealing with his illnesses so quickly I'll post anouther pic as soon as i see change