Poxinabox":1a77tvho said:Hello, everyone, first time posting but your board has been a wealth of knowledge for the past couple months!
My bearded dragon has recently developed a bump on his back right leg. It's sensitive when touched, but hasn't seemed to bother him otherwise. It's started to get a little bigger over the past 2 days, though. Pics at bottom. After doing some preliminary research, I *think* it might be a cricket bite? But my reading has also taken me to infection, gout, etc. so I'm hoping this looks familiar to someone so I can prep before I take him to the vet.
<<<< Unlikely, is more likely an abscess and needs to be drained by a vet and a course of antiobiotics given.
Anachronos is nearly 4 months old, 60 grams, and lives in a 40 gallon terrarium, with a heat lamp set keeping his hot side at 110-115 degrees,
>>> 115F (46 degC) IS WAY TOO HOT , basking spot NO HOTTER THAN 40-43 degC , refer to this viewtopic.php?f=5&t=233516 , exposure that that temperature is lethal to a bearded dragon (especially a hatchling/juvenile).
cool side at 80-85. UVA\UVB source is a ReptiSun 10.0 long tube bulb in the hood fixture.
<<< T8 or T5HO (important , what colour are the end caps ? see this viewtopic.php?f=6&t=236122&p=1815225#p1815225
Eats very well with a diet of dusted & loaded crickets, supplemented with phoenix worms and the occasional horn worm if the store has extremely small ones in (they usually don't). He also has a variety of fresh veggies available throughout the day, although the past week and a bit he's decided not to touch them anymore. He's active, healthy, last X-rays were perfect, the vet thinks he's in beautiful condition (but we've scheduled another vet visit on Tuesday just to be safe with this). Using repti-carpet-type base for the tank (he doesn't ever get his nails caught as far as I can see). I think that covers most everything...
Thanks in advance!
Poxinabox":k0pt5rb1 said:<<<< Unlikely, is more likely an abscess and needs to be drained by a vet and a course of antiobiotics given.
Yeah, as stated, we're going to the vet on Tuesday anyway, but if it's an abscess is there much that can be done until then?
>>> 115F (46 degC) IS WAY TOO HOT , basking spot NO HOTTER THAN 40-43 degC , refer to this viewtopic.php?f=5&t=233516 , exposure that that temperature is lethal to a bearded dragon (especially a hatchling/juvenile)
There does seem to be a lot of conflicting information online about what the right temperature is for a beardie his age; the temperature was mostly settled on for what he seemed to prefer, though. We had it set to 100-105 for awhile and he seemed to have his stress marks more often and was constantly climbing to get closer to the heat source. At 110 he's got a perfectly clear white neck and belly, basks and wanders, and when it gets slightly hotter he's opening his mouth to regulate. Also might be of interest: the temperature gauge is raised on the terrarium wall to be closer to the lights only because the fixture for his hammock is in the way, so down near the bottom is likely more manageable (and not quite as warm as indicated).
<<< T8 or T5HO (important , what colour are the end caps ? see this https://www.beardeddragon.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=236122&p=1815225#p1815225
T5HO, as recommended by the reptile specialty store we've since been going to for his food; end caps are gold. Beyond that, he also gets approximately 30 mins of actual sunshine every day that has sun, although with the weather changing that'll be getting reduced to zero soon.
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