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Anti-Scratch sock
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[QUOTE="Spider8ait1994, post: 2015870, member: 101939"] Adding another reply to this thread to say that the anti-scratch sock is reptile vet approved. He had his follow up checkup the other day and was wearing his sock when he went. Reptile vet asked about it and when I explained what it was and why he was wearing it they were very impressed with the creative and effective idea and agreed that it was a safe minimally stressful solution to the scratching problem and went so far as to say it was a trick they’d definitely keep in mind for any of their reptile patients in a similar situation. As for Spike as of his checkup we are confident the problem is a blocked tear duct and not a soft tissue mass. He does have slightly decreased vision in his left eye, nothing significant so it’s just a very mild decrease but we’re of the opinion that that’s just due to his age. Didn’t find any evidence of any eye condition that would cause progressive vision loss like glaucoma etc. He still gets around just fine and it’s only maybe 1 in 10 times I have to help him out locating his insects if they skitter off to his left but I’ve taught him that 2 taps on a surface = look over here where the tapping is happening so it’s easy enough to help him out with that. For some more detail on the sock’s materials I used a part of fabric from the sleeve of an old shirt because the end of the sleeve was already hemmed well so that’s one less bit of work to do. I used that edge as the top end of the sock. The reason I used the fabric from a shirt is because it’s durable and slightly stretchy so it’ll have some give to it rather than being more rigid and additionally I felt that the shirt fabric wouldn’t be as easy for his claws to get through than straight cotton would be. I just used a regular cotton thread for the stitching and hand sewed it using a running stitch. What I used to stick the sock in place was Leukoplast tape. This is a durable, waterproof dressing tape that comes in a cylindrical plastic container with a blue color and can be found at most pharmacies in the first aid section. The adhesive this tape uses sticks well so it'll stay in place on scales but it’s also non-irritating so it won’t bother them over time. I use this tape for sticking a dressing in place of even just to add a waterproof layer over the top of a dressing. It’s pretty easy to tear into smaller pieces and the construction of the tape is such that when it tears it’s guaranteed to tear in a straight line both vertically and horizontally so you can get shorter pieces as well as thinner pieces without too much difficulty or a need for scissors. [/QUOTE]
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