Adult beardie shedding problems?

[Lippy06]

My aduly Beardie is pretty nasty looking. his head is pretty much covered in excess shed but the biggest thing is that around his eyes seem to be bulging. and ears seem to be covered by thin layer of skin... Also nostrals seem to be completely clogged. I attached a picture but it is not very good at showing you the problems.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...?authkey=Gv1sRgCJOi3-LB1ar-Tg&feat=directlink

 

[AMHaak]

I would give him a bath at least once a day for the next week. (you should be doing this anyways if your not already!!!) If that does not work then you can go to your local pet store a buy a spray call repti-aid for shedding. You just spray this on the lizard and it helps them shed.

 

[urbanchic02]

first you want to soak him in warm water
second buy zoo med repti shedding aid (remember to rub it in)

 

[diamc]

We have a male beardie that is 5 yrs old and was having an extremely hard time shedding, his skin looked like leather. We tried everything, frequent baths, lightly rubbing his skin with a soft tooth brush, applying 100% Aloe Vera gel, Vitamin E oil, mineral oil, moist hides, shedding aid spray, the Shed-Ease Reptile bath, nothing helped. As a last resort, I picked up a100% Cocoa Butter stick and after only applying it one day, it started lifting in patches. I highly recommend that and have used it on 2 of our other beardies with good results. Here's a few pictures showing his difficult shed. The small dark brown areas are the way his skin should look, all the yellowish skin is the bad shed:

Here he is with his new and improved skin.

Hard to believe that it's the same beardie isn't it? I highly would recommend trying the Cocoa butter, here's the exact same thing I bought: http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Helene-Cocoa-Butter-Stick/dp/B000GG7NU8

 

[Lippy06]

thank you everyone... im going to try and get the zoo med stuff for now and hope that works... i feel bad for my big guy

 

[Lippy06]

I bought the Zilla Shed Ease stuff and gave mr JR a bath in the solution and it worked good for his back legs and vent area but Not for the top of his head... how do you get the stuff on the top of his head? Do you just pour it over his head or what?

 

[Lippy06]

Sad to say that JR was put to sleep today he actually had gotten a yellow fungus and the vet said it is hard to treat and with him not eating it would be best.

 

[demonsmomma]

poor junior im sorry about your lose i did not know yellow fungus was so difficult to treat hopefully one day another beardie will come into your heart

 

[Lippy06]

Thanks.. Ya apparently it will attack the liver and that is what is hard to take care of. I have two babies still he was just my full grown.

 

[Lippy06]

Not sure if that picture actually posted im not to sure how to post pictures

 

[diamc]

I'm sorry to hear about JR. He had quite a time of it. Perhaps the difficult shed treatment brought on the yellow fungus. It can be treated if caught in time but if it spreads throughout their body, treatment is much harder and oral medication is needed then.

I was hoping that since we hadn't heard from you for a little while, that the shed had gotten better. Didn't know that he wasn't eating too. Sorry to hear about all of it.

 

[Lippy06]

Thanks Diamc,

By the way how do you post pictures on here like you did in my post before.

 

[diamc]

If you read this, it will explain it step by step. If you have any questions, let us know. viewtopic.php?f=30&t=37103

 

[Lippy06]

Thanks here are my babies in the enclosure i built for them this winter... Im taking out the sand and putting in grouted tile

Need to clean the tank... Had a lot to eat today