ANother question about possible fungus

[Jebediah]

Hi everyone,

The last couple of sheds for my beardie have been very strange - lots of crustiness, and yellowy shed. Was also hard for him to get it off on his own, and we had to help with some rubbing. I didn't worry too much as he was still eating and acting normally, but now he is off his food for a week. He also has had some diahorrea.

He is 1 year old, very small, but he was sick when he was little and didn't eat well for a long time, and the vet said that he could have stunted growth from that.

His viv set up is fine - proper temps and UV.

i have attached some photos and would love some feedback. Will try and get him to the vet ASAP, but tbh i can't find a vet that knows a lot about beardies in the whole country!!

 

[KarrieRee]

Hi everyone,

The last couple of sheds for my beardie have been very strange - lots of crustiness, and yellowy shed. Was also hard for him to get it off on his own, and we had to help with some rubbing. I didn't worry too much as he was still eating and acting normally, but now he is off his food for a week. He also has had some diahorrea.

He is 1 year old, very small, but he was sick when he was little and didn't eat well for a long time, and the vet said that he could have stunted growth from that.

His viv set up is fine - proper temps and UV.

i have attached some photos and would love some feedback. Will try and get him to the vet ASAP, but tbh i can't find a vet that knows a lot about beardies in the whole country!! View attachment 67655 View attachment 67656 View attachment 67657 View attachment 67658

@AHBD

 

[AHBD]

I think that the patch near his vent and under his arm look like possible Y.F, the rest could just be a stubborn shed. You can put some antifungal cream like Lamisil on those areas and then have a reptile vet check him out , they'll need to do a skin scrape to verify what it is but it does look possibly like Y.F.

 

[Jebediah]

Thank you.

Hope to see the vet as soon as i can get out of the house (day 2 Covid positive).

Shall update.

 

[AHBD]

Wow, I hope you get better ASAP and that your little friend can get better as well !

 

[Jebediah]

Thanks. He seems worse off than i am. More of an inconvenience than anything else, thank god.

 

[AHBD]

Sorry to hear that he's not well, what types of food do you have available ? Do you raise dubias or order through companies ?

 

[Jebediah]

Sorry to hear that he's not well, what types of food do you have available ? Do you raise dubias or order through companies ?

Thanks. I have a friend who has dubias and i buy them from him. I also give him veggies every day, but he doesn't eat so many.