Honey...And TGI's

[kinyonga]

Interesting....
http://reptileapartment.com/temporal-gland-infection-in-chameleons/

 

[jamest0o0]

All honey has antibiotic property, but manuka takes it a step further! Definitely a good thing to use on wounds if nothing else is available

 

[kinyonga]

Fact of the day...They used honey in both world wars on wounds.

 

[janjan20]

Interesting....
http://reptileapartment.com/temporal-gland-infection-in-chameleons/

The link doesn’t work anymore

 

[MissSkittles]

I had read about the anti microbial properties of honey years ago, but only recently has it become a mainstream product for wound care in humans. It is way up there for effectiveness - on par with silvadene...helps ‘feed’ the newly forming cells, maintains optimal moist environment and inhibits bacterial growth. Is good to know it’s used in veterinary medicine.

 

[jannb]

My vet has used honey on the chameleons several times.

 

[jamest0o0]

Didn't realize it was as mainstream. I keep a little jar of manuka(that my cats just smashed last night... demons...)

I believe @JacksJill has used it before as well?

 

[JacksJill]

I have seen honey heal some massive wounds in dogs and horses that involved serious road rash down to the bone and that was plain old honey in a bee hive shaped squirt bottle. Honey specific gravity makes it pull fluid across a membrane and acts as an effective cleaner of infected wounds by acting as a continuous flush with frequent bandages changes. If Manuka honey claims have any merit then using it would be even better.
I have never had to treat a TGI (knock wood) on one of mine. It stands to reason that honey would be safe to use around the mouth in conjunction with antibiotic therapy following a thorough flushing of the gland.

 

[mkeBob]

After reading some of the above attachments I'm still unclear as to whether this is a gland or just a pouch some chameleons have.

 

[kinyonga]

@janjan20 it still works for me....I just tried it again.

 

[janjan20]

@janjan20 it still works for me....I just tried it again.

Thanks! It worked!

 

[kinyonga]

That's good. Janjan

 

[snitz427]

Interesting - just ordered some to keep on hand and try out. @Hillary anne maybe worth trying on your chams foot (with vet input of course)

 

[kinyonga]

@Hillary anne ....if you do use it you're going to have to make sure no insects attracted by it can get at the chameleons wound.

 

[Hillary anne]

Thanks y’all, I’ll def look into this.

 

[Mawtyplant]

at this moment I try Manuka honey with my melleri. Got parasite infestation lately, all my melleri catch it, I treat them for parasites but after the antibiotics/antiparasitic its all end up with a bad bacterial infection (infected the temporal glands of course)
So far im at day 5 and there is actually some major breakthrough it definitely help! all the residual infection seem to back off

 

[kinyonga]

@Mawtyplant good to hear that.

Anyone ever used garlic as a treatment for intestinal parasites?
Someone I know has used it for their uromastyx and it seems to work on some parasites.

 

[Mawtyplant]

@Mawtyplant good to hear that.

Anyone ever used garlic as a treatment for intestinal parasites?
Someone I know has used it for their uromastyx and it seems to work on some parasites.

I try be without succès she died:/

 

[kinyonga]

Died from the garlic?

 

[Mawtyplant]

Died from the garlic?

That’s not 100% sure maybe died from garlics/parasites and this was not working on them I still think it worth the try maybe can work for certain type of parasites!