seymourduck
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Hello all! I'm new to the forum, but have a few questions. I'm not shy and can admit when I need help, this is one of those times. I've own many pets over the years, mostly birds, dogs, & Iguanas. I've always wanted a bearded dragon, so when a friend was moving and needed to get rid of her two beardies "40 Grit" & "Prada" I jumped at the chance to own them. It's been about 10 months now and all has been going well until about a week ago when I started to work a LOT of hours & wasn't home to watch them as much as usual. It appears that Prada has been chewing on 40 Grit's feet/toes and it's apparent that she's becoming very dominant in their enclosure. She hogs food as well as the best/highest basking spot in the cage and his weight has started to drop. 40 Grit hasn't lost a foot, but one of his toes is 1/2 gone, and he has 4 others that are literally chomped through and barely hanging on. As well, two of his feet seem to be quite swollen, but he can still get around pretty good. I've now separated them and have 40 Grit in a different room from Prada's enclosure. I have soaked all his feet in Betadine, used neosporin on them, and am using newspaper as a substrate in his new enclosure instead of the sand I usually use. I have also purchased some Wax Worms to help put some weight back on. However, I'm curious about those toes. Should I leave them as is until they rip/fall off on their own, or remove them/have them removed? Is it something I can do myself? It appears that any bone in the toes has been bitten through and it's skin holding them on. Anything else I can/should do to help him out? Please help, I feel terrible as these are the coolest creatures EVER!! I can take/post pictures if needed.....