Discolored scales

[JenFid]

Hi everyone,

So long story short, Scully has been on several different antibiotics since late October to treat an aggressive infection. On of the meds is an injection that she gets every 3 days. It used to be that we'd switch off the front arms, but when her right front started getting worse from the infection (and we eventually had to amputate it), we kept the injections in the left arm only.

The vet noticed that her scales were starting to get discolored (that was about a month ago), so we now do the injections under her skin by her shoulders, and switch off sides. Fortunately we are weaning her off the meds and she only has a couple of these left to do!

Below are a couple pics of her arm. She just finished shedding a couple days ago and I was hoping the discolored scales would shed off, but as you can see they didn't. From what I can tell, the muscle underneath seems fine and strong. The affected scales don't seem to bother her at all.

I have a message into my vet about this, but I was curious if any of you have seen this before. Anything I should watch out for? Will the discoloration eventually shed off or is it there permanently now?

Any advice would be much appreciated!

 

[Drache613]

Hello Jennifer!

How is Scully doing?
Those scales are hopefully just going to shed & not damaged from the shots in that area.
I am glad you are not rotating them on the shoulder blades, that will help. At least she only has a few more shots to go though. I hope it does shed off as the vet hopes it does as well. Poor thing, she has been through enough now!
It doesn't appear to hurt or bother her though?
I can't believe she is going to start her 3rd clutch, can she not get a break??

Tracie