bleeding gums

[Unedria]

My beardie has not been eating for the last week or two, I noticed today his gums are bleeding quite badly and he is pale. Does anyone know what I can do to help him, and know any good reptile vets in or near Milton Keynes?

 

[brittani299]

I would message Drache613 (tracie) she is a monitor on here and knows a lot. She might know.

Also can you answer these questions

How old is your dragon?
How long have you had your dragon?
How long is your dragon?
What is the sex of your dragon?
What size enclosure do you have your dragon in?
What type substrate do you have on the bottom of your tank?
Do you use UVB lights?
If so, Is it a coil, compact, fluorescent tube, or Mercury Vapor bulb?
What is the brand name and number of your bulb? Wattage (if MVB)?
How old is your UVB bulb?
How close can your dragon get to the UVB?
Do you use a separate basking bulb? What kind and what is the wattage? Is it a white or colored bulb?
Di you have any type of night time heat source (ceramic heat emitter, colored bulb, etc)?
How long are lights on each day?
What are the basking temps?
What is the cool side temp?
What is the night time temp?
Do you take the temps with a stick on thermometer, a digital thermometer with a wire and a probe end or a temp gun?
Where exactly are you taking your basking temps?
Do you use a heat rock or heat pad?
What do you feed your dragon? Please be specific.
How often do you feed and what time do you feed (morning, afternoon, night)?
Do you gutload (feed) your crickets, worms, etc?
Do you use vitamin or calcium supplements? What brand(s)? How many days a week do you use each of them?
Is your dragon having regular bowel movements (poops)?
Do you bathe your dragon? How often?
Do you mist your dragon or offer water other than in the bath?
Have you gotten a vet check and fecal done?
Does your dragon share an enclosure with another dragon?

 

[Unedria]

scooby is about 8 years old, we have had him 6 years, he is 47 cm long (18.5 inches). His viv is 122cmx47x53 (48x18.5x21 inches) (lxwxh). the floor is covered in newspaper, he has a UVB fluorescent tube which is 10.0 UVB. It is a reptile by exoterra and is only I month old. He can get within 10-15cm of the uv tube. There is no basking lamp, we use a ceramic lamp. The light is on around 12 hours a day. The basking temp is 90-100 f, cool side about 70f and at night 70-80f. We take the temp with a stick on thermometer at the basking end of the viv. There is no heat pad or rock.

We feed him once in the morning, 1 extra large locust, some mealworms or marioworms, rarely he will have waxworks. Veggies he will get butternut squash, romaine lettuce, cucumber.etc. we feed the locust lettuce but not the worms. We use the calcium supplement pro rep calcidust, on his worms every days and often locusts. We also put dragon dust (t Rex) on his veggies a few times a week.

He does not poo regularly, we bathe him once a week and spray him with water very day. He has water in his viv which he can take a bath in. We have not got him checked at the vet but are taking him today. We do not have any other dragons. Thanks for your help.

 

[MsWanda10166]

Putting honey on his gums might help heal them.

 

[daner923]

Make sure that's natural honey, and not the kind you buy at the store. Normal old honey doesn't really do anything.