I've been advised to use betadine as it has some antifungal properties as well as anti-bacterial. At this point I don't know what I'm dealing with, so I'll continue unless tests turn up something that indicates a change. What I don't know is if the lesions are the problem (external), or if some other illness is weakening their immune system and allowing bacteria or fungus to take over. I've also found out that are municipal water is more heavily treated than it used to be and needs more than sitting out for a day or so to dissipate chlorine. No idea if this is related.
Neil
Hi Neil, I wonder if a 2% solution of malachite green would help? William
Quoting "Neil A. Meister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hi All,
A while back I posted about a cb U. phantasticus with skin lesions. After soaking in betadine and administering baytril for 8 days, there seems to be improvement regarding the lesions, but the gecko went off feed and died after a couple of weeks. Her cage mate also developed a couple of small lesions. I treated this one with iodine only as the baytril didn't seem to help the other one. It passed away shortly after the first one. They have been sent to a vet college for histo, but unfortunately were in the fridge for several days while my vet was away. I have noticed similar lesions on 3 animals in the vivarium next to the one these geckos were in. They are all active and feeding, but I fear this will not end well. A friend of mine is a vet at a university here and is going to try to come by on the weekend to culture samples from some animals and their cage environment.
So far only U. phantasticus are affected. Two "spiny" Uroplatus that were with the first animals to get sick are still healthy. I believe it to be something in the environment, either fungus, bacteria or both getting out of hand in the substrate or moss covering. I have a lot of naturalistic vivaria, this could get really nasty if not contained.
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