riverdragon
Member
Hello all.
I rescued a bearded dragon about two weeks ago now and he had his first vet check yesterday.
What I thought was stuck shed actually turned out to be a suspected fungal infection the vet was concerned about being yellow funguS.
He did say, however, that the swabs looked mostly bacterial, but there were things that could be fungal in the sample he took.
What are the chances of this being something easily curable with that description?
I'd think, if it was actually yellow fungus or any fungus, it wouldn't be bacterial at all?
The vet also said he didn't see any spores, which he said was a good sign.
The dragon is on ditrium and itraconazole with a daily soak in Novaslan. I'm also to apply lamisil to the area once daily.
It appears to already be treating the areas affected, however, I'm also not naive enough to think that wishful thinking may play a part.
Any and all advice is appreciated.
Here are some pics.
https://ibb.co/34qYCxS
https://ibb.co/tMC8YRd
The one picture is from the vet picking trying to see what was going on. The wound is already healing nicely, surprisingly.
I'm a new dragon owner and am more than a little scared.
I rescued a bearded dragon about two weeks ago now and he had his first vet check yesterday.
What I thought was stuck shed actually turned out to be a suspected fungal infection the vet was concerned about being yellow funguS.
He did say, however, that the swabs looked mostly bacterial, but there were things that could be fungal in the sample he took.
What are the chances of this being something easily curable with that description?
I'd think, if it was actually yellow fungus or any fungus, it wouldn't be bacterial at all?
The vet also said he didn't see any spores, which he said was a good sign.
The dragon is on ditrium and itraconazole with a daily soak in Novaslan. I'm also to apply lamisil to the area once daily.
It appears to already be treating the areas affected, however, I'm also not naive enough to think that wishful thinking may play a part.
Any and all advice is appreciated.
Here are some pics.
https://ibb.co/34qYCxS
https://ibb.co/tMC8YRd
The one picture is from the vet picking trying to see what was going on. The wound is already healing nicely, surprisingly.
I'm a new dragon owner and am more than a little scared.