staciarain
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Husbandry check: 10.0 reptisun uvb, 40gal tank, temps measured with laser, tile floor, regular calcium (3x/week) and vitamins (2x/week), collards/squash/crickets as staples with other approved veg and bugs in rotation, regular warm baths, no permanent water dish to avoid humidity but regular water offered.
A few weeks ago I noticed that small callous/scabs were forming on the bottoms of her back feet, one slightly worse than the other. I assumed this was just due to regular "wear-and-tear" as she was walking totally fine and didn't seem to be in any pain.
Friday, she suffered cloaca prolapse and I was able to replace it gently with no other issues and no problems since. She has been digging and seemed to be gravid, so she's been getting warm baths and a few hours in the lay box every day (but also never stopped refusing food).
Today I had to arrange things so that I could leave her in the lay box while I went to work. I came home to her burying 29 eggs! I noticed a hair was wrapped around her foot and gently removed it before putting her in a warm bath, where I noticed that the foot was swollen. The skin under her scales is a bit red and inflamed looking. I'm suspecting it may have been the wrapped hair + several hours digging in wet sand, but because she's had these weird scabs on her feet I wanted to post and get some second opinions.
If it's not any better in the morning I'll schedule a vet appointment, but I'm wondering if there's anything I can be doing right now. She's still walking on it just fine and doesn't seem to be in any pain, isn't wincing when I touch her foot.