My Bearded Dragon won't stop biting his toe please help!!!

Jaidenblow15 · Jul 19, 2017

My bearded dragon his name is Spike... This morning I saw my bearded dragon biting his toe, and later on he took his nail completely off. He is constantly trying to bite his toe but I put some greens in front of him to divert him from trying to bite his toe. He won't stop trying to bite his toe and Im afraid he's going to take his toe completely off... What do I do???Someone please help me

AHBD · Jul 19, 2017

Hi there, there is a similar thread right now in the health forum that I made a rely to. I'm running out now but here is the link to the other thread :

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=234979

Jaidenblow15 · Jul 19, 2017

Thank you

Jaidenblow15 · Jul 19, 2017

Also I forgot to mention that his hand looks like it's stiff

EllenD · Jul 19, 2017

Can you please post some photos of him and his foot/toe? That way we can see what you're talking about. If he actually chewed off his toenail there must be something really irritating it. Has he shed that foot recently? Do you see any retained shed skin on it, or any little sores or bites? Sometimes cricket bites can cause a lot of issues.

As far as his foot being stiff, is he walking on it? Is he limping or favoring that foot?

Jaidenblow15 · Jul 19, 2017

I don't know how to post pictures on here but as far as I know he walks on it fine, he has a little bit of the clear nail still there. My first thought was that maybe he was a little bit hungry because it was not quite his morning time routine... So I give him his daily morning crickets and greens, but notice it was like he was trying to pull his nail off... Also I didn't notice anything different or wrong with his skin, it had look like it had always been. He did shed that foot I want to say like 3-4 days ago.

Drache613 · Jul 19, 2017

Hello,

You can click on the XIMG here in the message box to upload your pictures so you can post them
here online.
You mentioned that he had recently shed that foot he has been biting? He may have some
retained shed possibly that is constricting his blood flow. Try looking to see if there is any small
pieces of skin that have not come off yet.
Is he eating pretty well?

Tracie

Jaidenblow15 · Jul 19, 2017

Hi Tracie, He is eating really well giving him fresh green and water everyday... Also worms and crickets. No what I look at him even closer it does seem to look like he has a little bit of retained shed right as his hand starts... How would I remove this retained skin? I don't know if you can see it in the picture very well

Jaidenblow15 · Jul 19, 2017

Also now that I think about I didn't notice before that his left arm sort of looks swollen

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