Cuticle cuts?

[jgolden4958]

My 4yo beardie has a couple cuts on her toes. They are right where her "cuticle" would be if she had fingernails. There's nothing sharp anywhere in her enclosure. It's her one toe on her front leg and a toe on the opposite back leg and I'm baffled. She's a rescue that we've had for about 2 months and I'm just seeing if anyone else has seen this or if it's something I need to go to the vet for. It looks like they bleed but not a lot. Also any tips on treating it would be nice too. I don't want her getting an infection (we just got done antibiotics for her and I don't think she would be happy if I had to start up again).

 

[AHBD]

Hi there....did this just start or was there any indication of it when you first got her ? Are her nails long, and can you post a pic ? What type of flooring do you have in her tank ? Do you see her scratching at the walls at all ? For now you can just put neosporin on the wounds, or unpasteurized honey will work, too. Make sure you take out any loose substrate that might get in the wounds. Hopefully this will heal up quickly .

 

[jgolden4958]

It just happened this week. I check her over at least every other day because I'm so worried about her. She's got the reptile may in there for now. The guy we got her from had sand so we had sand in there for her until she started eating it. That night we cleaned it out and put a reptile mat in. She doesn't scratch much at all and when she does I get her out right away. I wasn't sure if neosporin was good for them. I haven't figured out how to do the pictures on here yet. That's gonna be my project tomorrow.

 

[DragonsForBreakfast]

1) You can bathe your beardie in water with a small amount of Betadine - add until the water is the colour of weak tea - you just have to make sure she doesn't drink that water.
2) Cover the cuts with cornstarch. This helps any fresh blood to clot and provides a (weak) barrier for bacteria
3) Clean her tank thoroughly!