Scooter: Female Florida River Cooter : 01-14-2002
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Here's a series of pictures of her treatment on the 14th.

After a cleaning with betadine, Silvadone cream is applied generously.

Here the bandage is taped on to keep the cream from being rubbed off.

Then Scooter is placed in a tub for drydocking w/ a basking lamp.

We peak in on Scooter often to make sure she is ok and check the temperature.
Scooter's attitude has changed a lot since these treatments began. She obviously can't stand the injections which certainly make her legs sore and the cleaning treatments force her to sit in the deadly upside down position. All of this in addition to the fact that her plastron hurts!

She is not eating or basking as much as she used to. She is more stressed because of these treatments and we can only hope that we are doing the right things for her to be well again.

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