wastedwords
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My fire salamander was bitten by one of his tank mates. He has a cut next to his eye that is infected. He is currently in his own tank and not accepting food. Is there anything I can put on his infection? Would triple antibiotic ointment or bacitracin be safe? I have used them with good results on my reptiles but I am really hesitant about putting anything else on an amphibian.
When I first looked on this forum for help I found these articles:
Standard Operating Procedures for Research on Amphibians - USGS National Wildlife Health Center
Salamanders and Newts
They say to use Bactine so I dabbed some on the infection. Today the skin has disappeared in a patch around his mouth. I can tell he is in pain. He isn't thrashing around but he does keep rubbing is face against things. Does anyone know of a way I can help ease his pain? I was about to put bacitracin on it to see if it would ease up but I thought better of it after what the Bactine seems to have done.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
When I first looked on this forum for help I found these articles:
Standard Operating Procedures for Research on Amphibians - USGS National Wildlife Health Center
Salamanders and Newts
They say to use Bactine so I dabbed some on the infection. Today the skin has disappeared in a patch around his mouth. I can tell he is in pain. He isn't thrashing around but he does keep rubbing is face against things. Does anyone know of a way I can help ease his pain? I was about to put bacitracin on it to see if it would ease up but I thought better of it after what the Bactine seems to have done.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.