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Melisssss
at Sat Nov 8 21:08:05 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Melisssss ]
I realize this advice is too late for the rescue but I have had an ongoing battle with two rescue and yellow fungus. One is my amputee and the other is a baby with a broken lower jaw. The baby cleared up fairly fast with chlorihexidine baths and shampoo along with Lamisil 2x daily, religously. The amputee was harder due to her stitches being in place for 6 weeks. The fungus spread to the stich area and I had to wait it out until the stitches were removed before I could do much. She now gets the same treatments. Here is the kicker though...you MUST continue to treat even after you see no outward signs of infection. The baby that seemed all clear was absolutely covered within a month later. We are now retreating. That fungus returns with a vengence! I feed no fruits at all so no need to worry about that; just green and worms or crickets. I use paper towel substrates for the rescues. I find the key to be the Nolvasan solution soaks for 30 minutes daily rathed than the shampoo. If they get sore, which they will, I skip a day or two and just soak in plain water. It is also important to not pull that fungus off as it sheds no matter how tempting it is. It really makes the poor guys sore. When they dry out after a soak one day it will shed off in huge sheets. The soaks are extremely important in this treatment because it cleans the old medicine off and debreeds the fungus off the skin. I sprinkle their greens with Nutrobac all the time to increase their appetites and return a natrual flora to the gut.
Oh and it does help to let your guys drink from their soaking water and potty then draw new water before adding the Nolvasan. Those dragons will poop every time when you don't want them too. I found Nolvasan super cheap on a tractor website, $14 a gallon!
Please excuse my mygraine induced spelling errors 
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