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Home › Forums › Diamondback Terrapins › To Cole and Deb re: hatchlings
Hi Cole and Deb, Somehow I deleted your email and am unable to reply that way, so I thought I’d reply here. Thanks for asking. I used the Betadine once, and then I got very worried about the warnings on the bottle, not to use over a large part of your skin and so forth – I thought if it could be dangerous for people, how then for my teeny tiny hatchling? So I called Shawn at Turtletown and he suggested just adding a pinch of freshwater salt to their water. He told me I didn’t need to isolate the baby with the fungus-feet, as it wasn’t catching, and that the salt in the water should clear it right up. And it did! So I’m very happy with that. Shawn also suggested keeping her out of water for 24 hours at a time, but it wasn’t necessary. Donna