Chlorohexidine Cream?

CDTNoob

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My new little one has some kind of shell rot. He came to me this way. The vet prescribed chlorohexidine liquid apply on gauze pad and wipe on affected area 2x daily. It seems to have eroded his marginal and nuchal scutes pretty badly so i figure he has had it since birth maybe.
I am thinking that with the basking he does it dries too quickly. Am I crazy??
Is there a chlorhexidine cream I can use instead of liquid?
 

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Hang on, someone soon come along and help here!
 

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That's not rot or fungus, it's an injury. He's probably been chewed by a small dog or rodent. There's no need to do anything to it, but the chlorhexidrine cream won't harm.
 

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I agree with @Yvonne G . Looks chewed on. I don't see any active infection there. It looks like it is healing. You need to check and see how something (rat/dog) could have got to your baby tortoise. That tortoise is too small to be out where something can get to it.
 

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He was not exposed to the rat or dog by me. It must have happened while he/she was wondering around the backyard before he was found by the owners of the parent tortoises. Will those grow back at all?
 

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Yep. It's not shell fungus.
But in the future, a shell fungus cure doesn't need a prescription or a veterinarian.
It requires $1 at the dollar store.
ATHLETES FOOT cream.
 
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