treating belly/scale rot

"the big guy" is the spider adult male (1150+g) who is having the problem lol.. its the only one. I was just wondering if Derek had any input in addition to yours.

Thanks so much for the help with him.. im looking forward to him healing and getting better. I actually have never had a skin burn, sunburn, exc with my kids so unfortunately i dont have any of the silvadene :weirdface ... hes on newspaper right now, i can certainly put him on paper towels until he heals a bit more

Oh right, :oops:

Nah - Becky nailed it.

She knows waaay more about this stuff than I do. :D


dr del

Becky had some great info indeed!!!

my bp has been under treatment for scale rot for around a month now.i give him baytril orally once a day and use pevadine scrub twice a day.he's shed twice,started feeding again and looks a lot better.didn't realise how long scale rot takes to remove:O

should i change his paper towels everyday? I would imagine it would make sense to keep from making it worse, i just want to make sure. He has a few new spots that have creeped up but otherwise looks great, not as swollen by his vent and i can actually see his spurs now. I have gone through almost a whole tube of neosporin in these last couple days. ((crosses fingers)) I hope he gets better

It wouldnt hurt to change it every day... Keeps things nice and clean, and if I were you I would go buy like 5 tubes of neosporin... Baytril from the vet would also help

too bad it isnt tablet baytril lol.. i have lots of that! The paper just gets so greasy because of the neosporin, i also find it looks more red when its due to be done.. for instance tonight it was pretty red, after i put the stuff on it, it toned right down and looked much better.

Doesn't need Baytril or anything else unless it starts to get infected(ie has a smell). Let his own immune system try to fight it first with the aid of the neosporin. They usually do fine :)

Thank you Becky for the reassurance... I really appreciate it. As of right now there is no smell/odor/exc. Im sure its just me being a worry wart concerned about it getting worse. You did say it was going to look worse before it got better right?:confused::weirdface

Yep, it'll always look worse before getting better. Scales may look dry and ragged, but as long as they are drying out and not staying wet and brown, that's a good sign. Once he sheds once, that will take a good bit of the mess away. After a second shed, you probably won't be able to tell.

As long as the paper towels aren't wet or soiled, I wouldn't worry about changing them every day. Maybe every 3rd should be sufficient.