hevonline
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Hi all, whilst Daisy is 'converlessing"? and recovering from her accident,I am hoping to help her out with her shedding problem.
I realise that under the circumstances of her health, bad shedding should be the last of my worries.
She is confined to warm tank where she seems to be recovering from her lung injury.(I will cover that one , in another thread).l i can do is wait,she is on Baytril and was on it about 2months ago for a belly scale infection.
Since being inside, she has shed almost every 8 weeks, since the beginning of th year.
She had plenty of betadine baths, and the baytril, seemed to clear it up quite well.The next time she shed, all the affected scales and cacky stuff came off.She had nice scales underneath, and I dont want to stress her dur to her contition.
Besides soaking and rubbing, does anyone know of a specialist product maybe, that could simulate the action of the lymph'y stuff that seperates the skin.
If you look at the shed picture and the scales in the other picture, you can see where the new scales are then theres a big strip of unshed skin all the way up her back.
I have soaked, and picked and rubbed, that skin dont seem to wanna come off.Have tried handpicking it off, but it kinda ters before coming off and it also seems to distress daisy.
My other concern is, does the abcense of 'new skin' on such a large area, affect her sysytemically?ie,skin cant breath??
This is a difficult situation as the very things that would help her hed easier, are the very conditions that could cause further lung damage.
Mutton Oil was mentioned, not sure if applied topically or mean to be injested, has anyone else heard of this.
Thanks Kind Regards Heather
I realise that under the circumstances of her health, bad shedding should be the last of my worries.
She is confined to warm tank where she seems to be recovering from her lung injury.(I will cover that one , in another thread).l i can do is wait,she is on Baytril and was on it about 2months ago for a belly scale infection.
Since being inside, she has shed almost every 8 weeks, since the beginning of th year.
She had plenty of betadine baths, and the baytril, seemed to clear it up quite well.The next time she shed, all the affected scales and cacky stuff came off.She had nice scales underneath, and I dont want to stress her dur to her contition.
Besides soaking and rubbing, does anyone know of a specialist product maybe, that could simulate the action of the lymph'y stuff that seperates the skin.
If you look at the shed picture and the scales in the other picture, you can see where the new scales are then theres a big strip of unshed skin all the way up her back.
I have soaked, and picked and rubbed, that skin dont seem to wanna come off.Have tried handpicking it off, but it kinda ters before coming off and it also seems to distress daisy.
My other concern is, does the abcense of 'new skin' on such a large area, affect her sysytemically?ie,skin cant breath??
This is a difficult situation as the very things that would help her hed easier, are the very conditions that could cause further lung damage.
Mutton Oil was mentioned, not sure if applied topically or mean to be injested, has anyone else heard of this.
Thanks Kind Regards Heather