Baby beardie, Yellow Fungus???

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New beardie owner here. We got two babies last weekend. I had done research on habitats, food, etc. but had no idea about yellow fungus. I'm afraid this baby (Daphne) has it. Full disclosure, I was missinformed at first and had the dial thermometers that stick on the wall. One fell off and Daphne got stuck to the sticky side. I FREAKED out. But my husband was calm and grabbed the bottle of olive oil and we were able to free her regularly. I noticed the yellow when checking her out after we freed her from the stickiness. At first I thought it was an injury from her trying to get unstuck on her own. But two days later it looked worse, not like it was "healing". When I started to look up possible reasons for it I came across a number of yellow fungus threads. She has the yellowing around her vent, along with some crusting over it. She also has a dark spot over her left shoulder. It was kind of brownish at first (again noticed after she got stuck), but now seems to be darker, almost black. I'm pretty sure a vet visit is going to be happening in our very near future. But do those of you more experienced/knowledgable think this is yellow fungus? I have started "treatment" just incase (short iodine baths, antifungal cream). Any ideas/suggestions are appreciated! I do have a hot and cool side along with the basking platform. Using a mercury vapor bulb for heat/uvb. Also have an under tank heater for night time heat. Substrate is ceramic tile (has some texture so they have grip).

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DaisyDragon123

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Are they housed together? Have you soaked the dragon in water and softly scrubbed to see if it is dried poo? Where did you purchase them from?
 

Sjnewland82

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They are currently housed together. I knew that I would probably have to eventually separate them as they grew, but it seems they may have to be separated even sooner. We got them from a breeder. I did give her a bath and tried to gently scrub it with a child's soft toothbrush. She wasn't too fond of that. She has a very healthy appetite and is quite active. I've been feeding them a mix of crickets, greens, juvenile bearded dragon food moistened with water, and super tiny meal worms.
 
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