C. orientalis mouth problems?

E

erick

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One of my fire-bellies seems to have a form of mouth rot on his lower jaw! When i got him a couple weeks ago it was nothing more than a speck and i thought he was going to shed as two of the others shed their skin. What can i do to help him. Something is eating away at his mouth!

On a happier note i did notice eggs on one of my plants. Seems as though one of them laid some eggs and you can actually see the babies moving inside the clear sac! Please help me with my newts problem. I have no clue what to do and dont want him to die.
 
colistin sulphate is the med i need i think, but where can i find it online or anywhere here in the USA?
 
I would suggest getting Baytril as an alternative. It is available from virtually any vet in the US. If you don't want to go to that length for a FBN, then I'd say try kanamycin from the pet store. I have no personal experience with treating these kinds of problems, so I'm basing this on what other people have tried.

(Message edited by jennewt on March 10, 2006)
 
Judging by the fact that you say it is eating away at the mouth I'd go with the antibiotic. As Jen said though, baytril is your best bet.
 
Baytril by itself hasn't worked that well for me when we have had animals confiscated that come in with this sort of lesion as in my experience the are typically multiple pathogens causing the lesion. I have had good success using sylvadine cream which is available from a vet.

Ed
 
Hi,

Actually, as Ed stated, enrofloxacine often produces very disappointing results in amphibians. I have not been using it the last years. If you really want to do it properly, have a culture and an antibiogram made and treat accordingly. The "blind" use of antibiotics (as is unfortunately done very often, both by hobbyists and vets) often results in therapy failure and, worse, development and spread of antimicrobial resistance. Just putting Baytril in your aquarium will probably not work and you only will contaminate the environment with it. If you treat "blindly", I would recommend a topical application as Ed suggested.
 
Thanks for the tips.

Seems it should be spelled as "Silvadene" (silver sulfadiazine 1%)
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The yellow-colored topical application I use upon recommendation here in Japan (I don't have the name at hand) has a stiff, pasty consistency that makes it difficult to apply effectively. I will see if this Silvadene is available here under whatever name, while hoping it's easier to apply.

By the way, I noticed this "mouth rot" affecting Cynops I saw in the wholesale trade in China.
 
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