Siren Injury

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Hi everyone --

A few weeks ago, my two male sirens got into a bit of a scuffle and some limbs were bitten. The one in the picture below got the worst injuries - both hands were wounded and I think his left hand got infected.

This was taken on Feb. 6th:

He's been separated since the incident happened and I've been treating him with Neosporin and in diluted aquarium salt baths for several hours at a time and the white bit on the end of the limb has since fallen off. The wound is still red, but he's still active. I was suggested to use very diluted betadine, but can't find any, though I'm going to try to see if my local vet can order me a bottle.

A couple questions:

- Is there anything else I can do to treat the wounds besides the aquarium salt baths?

- He hasn't been eating since the treatment - is there anything I can do to stimulate his appetite? I've tried nightcrawlers, ghost shrimp and frozen bloodworms, but he just isn't interested.

I'll try to get an updated photo later tonight.

Thanks!

 

[paris]

the white stuff will fall off and regrow and fall off-its a cycle, appetite will probably not return till hes feeling better. for future reference-i noticed aggression went down in my colony when i fed them more food on a regular basis. for such wounds as this one i combine 10% topical batryl treatment with refrigeration.