ceesbeards
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My beardie, Fluffy, who's about 5 1/2 years old and on the whole in good health, has developed a scab on one lip which spread to the other one. It looks a lot like a scab on a human being, not like some fungal infection.
He does not experience a loss of appetite, presence of pus, drainage, lethargy, petechia, excessive saliva, or frequent gaping, which are all listed as signs of mouth rot.
He does not act abnormal, except that he licks his lips very frequently, like a human with chapped lips. It does appear to be slightly harder to part his lips (which I had to do to take the reference photos.) The scabs don't appear to have spread to the inner parts of his mouth. When he sheds on his lips the scabs do go, but will reappear. Again, the scab started on one lip and then spread to the other. We have taken him to the vet awhile back, who said nothing was wrong, but the scab has not gone away and I'm unconvinced.
Here's the reference photos. The angrier-looking, more prevalent scab, has been there longer.
He does not experience a loss of appetite, presence of pus, drainage, lethargy, petechia, excessive saliva, or frequent gaping, which are all listed as signs of mouth rot.
He does not act abnormal, except that he licks his lips very frequently, like a human with chapped lips. It does appear to be slightly harder to part his lips (which I had to do to take the reference photos.) The scabs don't appear to have spread to the inner parts of his mouth. When he sheds on his lips the scabs do go, but will reappear. Again, the scab started on one lip and then spread to the other. We have taken him to the vet awhile back, who said nothing was wrong, but the scab has not gone away and I'm unconvinced.
Here's the reference photos. The angrier-looking, more prevalent scab, has been there longer.