GraphicTortoise
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Hi all,
I recently rescued an 8 yr old beardie from a pretty bad neglect situation. I believe most of his issues can be fixed with proper care. (Dirty, overgrown nails, stuck shed, clogged pores, poor diet, old uvb lights)
My concern is his toes though...
One in particular is very swollen (no signs of pain while examining), which I'm going to have the vet look at it, but she can't get him in for 2 weeks.
The other problem toe has a severely overgrown nail that's curled back really bad. I'm scared to trim it and hurt him. I've trimmed all the other nails since the pic provided was taken, but I don't know if I should wait for the vet to trim this one or attempt it myself.
He keeps losing balance and flipping and I'm unsure if it's pain from his nail or dehydration/vitamin deficiency right now, or maybe both. He also has a back foot with no toes on it (3 little toe stubs and that's it) which isn't helping the balance issue. I'm assuming he lost those from stuck shed but I have no clue. He also has red under his hands and I'm struggling to figure out if it's burn marks or old food/fecal matter. He has had 2 baths so far, some has come off but most of it is still there. He's just so dirty! I threw out the heated rock as soon as I got him home!
I added repticarpet over the tiles for the time being to help his balance a little bit and put up a barrier to prevent glass surfing. I prefer bigger pvc enclosures, but he's stuck in the 75 gal he came with at least until he's vet checked. I don't want to move him to a new setup only to deal with a coccidia outbreak.
I'm trying to get his diet corrected but that's proving difficult since he's already stressed from the drastic changes happening and wasn't eating greens before I took him in.
Any advice would be great! I'm not new to owning a beardie, but I've never dealt with one that was so neglected before. I just want to make sure I'm doing what I can before his vet visit. His fecal test was already sent in, but the vet won't prescribe anything until he's seen on the 10th if it comes back positive.
I recently rescued an 8 yr old beardie from a pretty bad neglect situation. I believe most of his issues can be fixed with proper care. (Dirty, overgrown nails, stuck shed, clogged pores, poor diet, old uvb lights)
My concern is his toes though...
One in particular is very swollen (no signs of pain while examining), which I'm going to have the vet look at it, but she can't get him in for 2 weeks.
The other problem toe has a severely overgrown nail that's curled back really bad. I'm scared to trim it and hurt him. I've trimmed all the other nails since the pic provided was taken, but I don't know if I should wait for the vet to trim this one or attempt it myself.
He keeps losing balance and flipping and I'm unsure if it's pain from his nail or dehydration/vitamin deficiency right now, or maybe both. He also has a back foot with no toes on it (3 little toe stubs and that's it) which isn't helping the balance issue. I'm assuming he lost those from stuck shed but I have no clue. He also has red under his hands and I'm struggling to figure out if it's burn marks or old food/fecal matter. He has had 2 baths so far, some has come off but most of it is still there. He's just so dirty! I threw out the heated rock as soon as I got him home!
I added repticarpet over the tiles for the time being to help his balance a little bit and put up a barrier to prevent glass surfing. I prefer bigger pvc enclosures, but he's stuck in the 75 gal he came with at least until he's vet checked. I don't want to move him to a new setup only to deal with a coccidia outbreak.
I'm trying to get his diet corrected but that's proving difficult since he's already stressed from the drastic changes happening and wasn't eating greens before I took him in.
Any advice would be great! I'm not new to owning a beardie, but I've never dealt with one that was so neglected before. I just want to make sure I'm doing what I can before his vet visit. His fecal test was already sent in, but the vet won't prescribe anything until he's seen on the 10th if it comes back positive.