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Does anyone know how to get rid of mouth rot. Any help would be greatly apreciated.

Thanks,
Lou

It's been many years since I have had to deal with this, but if I remember right you need to mix equal parts of betadine and peroxide and apply this solution to the infected area/s several times a day. (After cleaning out and removing any of the "cheese" or dead tissue accumulations)

But maybe wait for some other responses before doing this. I may have it wrong or there may be a better cure these days. OR post this in the burmese forum and Rob Carmichael can answer it. He gets a lot of rescues and would know this.

>>Does anyone know how to get rid of mouth rot. Any help would be greatly apreciated.
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>>Thanks,
>>Lou
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It isn't "Ideas" that fail or succeed,... it is the "Systems" which are instilled to launch and sustain the idea that either fail or succeed.>[Me.]

I cured my super tiger's mouth using Sulmet. It is sulfamethazine sodium 12.5% for livestock. You can purchase at a Feed store. She didn't have mouth rot but she had raw and swollen gums due to rubbing taht could easily have become infected. I used the dosage for chickens in her drinking water for five days (changing everyday). Ritchie also soaked her mouth in the bowl for two days straight which I think helped tremendously. Fastest cure time I've seen in a snake. I use sulfa powder for any external wounds or burns on all of my animals, not just reptiles, and me.
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Marcia Pimentel
Tango River Reptiles
GiantFeeders

thanks for the help. n/p