Urgent Care :: Wound In Water/Eye

[tenlientl]

K. I found this to be the best place to post this so.. Here it goes. xD

The water of my tank went in my eyes. I washed it with cold water.. But uhh.. I just realized I got a cut in my finger. I also had that finger in the water.. I'm scared of Salmonella, lol. Should I be worried?

Man. Next time I clean my tank. I'm gonna wear goggles and gloves...

[octpusgirl8]

I wouldn't worry too much, there's a good chance your turtle doesn't have salmonella in the first place. I would wash the cut out well with some rubbing alcohol just to be safe though. And if you do get salmonella...you will survive.

[DavidY]

Salmonella is a bacteria that thrives in the digestive system and is contracted through the mouth. You should be fine. But you should put some neosporin on the cut just in case.

[SpotsMama]

You don't have to wear gloves just to change the water - although you certainly can if you want to. Just be sure and wash your hands real thoroughly with anti bacterial soap afterward.

But if you have a cut on your finger, then wearing gloves is the smart thing to do.

[marisa]

I've cleaned tanks with cuts on my hands and have splashed water in my eyes. I've never had any problems. Washing well with soap (antibacterial soap isn't even necessary) afterward is good to do, though.

[DavidY]

Ha ha, you should've seen the scare that was going around a several years ago in the reef keeping hobby when there were reports of RTN (Rapid Tissue Necrosis) disease infecting corals and some reefkeepers in the hobby. It was a flesh eating virus that would quickly destroy a coral colony by eating its flesh. Apparantly there was a strain of it that supposedly infected a few reefkeepers. I don't know what ever came of that but I haven't heard anything about it recent years.