I recently got a bearded dragon named Cashew, she is 2.5 years old and is so sweet and friendly im so glad to have been able to give her a new home but I noticed one of her toes is swollen and kind of pinkish, im not sure if it's from an injury or an infection. I've had her for about 4 days now and it isn't getting any worse but I wouldn't say it's getting better.
Her old tank use to be extremely crowed and while cleaning everything throughly I found some red ants in the tank as well (poor girl) im starting to think I should take her to a vet to make sure it's not an infection or if it is that it can be treated. I don't think it's stuck shed bc if the color and the feel of the toe (A little softer then the others) but I think it might be an injury just because she is very active and is missing a nail on the back foot of the same side.
So far I've been staying ontop of cleaning her tank as well as giving her a bath (she had poop all over her butt and just reeked when I got her) which has helped with the smell, her basking spot sits at about 95-102 °F and she eats well (about 4-6 mealworms and some veggies)
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Her old tank use to be extremely crowed and while cleaning everything throughly I found some red ants in the tank as well (poor girl) im starting to think I should take her to a vet to make sure it's not an infection or if it is that it can be treated. I don't think it's stuck shed bc if the color and the feel of the toe (A little softer then the others) but I think it might be an injury just because she is very active and is missing a nail on the back foot of the same side.
So far I've been staying ontop of cleaning her tank as well as giving her a bath (she had poop all over her butt and just reeked when I got her) which has helped with the smell, her basking spot sits at about 95-102 °F and she eats well (about 4-6 mealworms and some veggies)
(Sorry if this isn't the right thread for this post)