My new beardie, Cheeto has some yellow patches on his tummy and near his vent. I’m assuming he’s about 6-7 months old, but I’ve only had him about a month and a half. Here’s some history. (Refer to pictures at bottom of post).
I work at PetSmart. We got him in and he had a small wound near his tail, which we assumed was tail rot. We took him to a specialty reptile vet who said it was a thermal burn with some retained shed. She said to do daily betadine soaks and use a shedding aid to help. I adopted him, and now he has yellow patches on his stomach, and the area that was only about a centimeter on his tail now covers majority of his tail and some of his back.
I took him to the vet today, and he said that his skin looks suspicious. We sent in a skin sample, and I’ll be hoping to get the results within a week. The veterinarian said that we shouldn’t start treatment until we know - but I bought some lamisil and some betadine. I gave him a betadine soak tonight, and put some lamisil all over his body. Some of his scales are rubbing off in chunks, revealing bloody looking wounds underneath. Some spots on him look waxy and shiny. I’m honestly terrified. I’ve been freaking out all day. I need advice, how can I help my baby? Is this yellow fungus?
He is in a 40gallon enclosure. 100w basking light and 26w UVB during the day. Temp ranges from about 90-95 degrees on the basking spot and 80-85 degrees on the cold side. This sometimes gets warmer depending on the temp outside. At night, I use a 60w ceramic heat emitter, the temp for the warm side stays at a out 80 degrees throughout the night and 70-80 degrees on the cold side. Humidity reads about 40-50%. He gets baths once or twice weekly, and gets fed crickets daily. He has had a decreased appetite for the last week or so. His eyes look great, nice and bright, not sunken in.
I would greatly appreciate any advice, tips, tricks, etc. Cheeto is my first beardie and I’m very attached to him already. I’ll do anything I can to make sure he’s comfortable.
Thank you,
Alexa
I work at PetSmart. We got him in and he had a small wound near his tail, which we assumed was tail rot. We took him to a specialty reptile vet who said it was a thermal burn with some retained shed. She said to do daily betadine soaks and use a shedding aid to help. I adopted him, and now he has yellow patches on his stomach, and the area that was only about a centimeter on his tail now covers majority of his tail and some of his back.
I took him to the vet today, and he said that his skin looks suspicious. We sent in a skin sample, and I’ll be hoping to get the results within a week. The veterinarian said that we shouldn’t start treatment until we know - but I bought some lamisil and some betadine. I gave him a betadine soak tonight, and put some lamisil all over his body. Some of his scales are rubbing off in chunks, revealing bloody looking wounds underneath. Some spots on him look waxy and shiny. I’m honestly terrified. I’ve been freaking out all day. I need advice, how can I help my baby? Is this yellow fungus?
He is in a 40gallon enclosure. 100w basking light and 26w UVB during the day. Temp ranges from about 90-95 degrees on the basking spot and 80-85 degrees on the cold side. This sometimes gets warmer depending on the temp outside. At night, I use a 60w ceramic heat emitter, the temp for the warm side stays at a out 80 degrees throughout the night and 70-80 degrees on the cold side. Humidity reads about 40-50%. He gets baths once or twice weekly, and gets fed crickets daily. He has had a decreased appetite for the last week or so. His eyes look great, nice and bright, not sunken in.
I would greatly appreciate any advice, tips, tricks, etc. Cheeto is my first beardie and I’m very attached to him already. I’ll do anything I can to make sure he’s comfortable.
Thank you,
Alexa