HE HAS AN EXTENDED LOWER JAW AND HAS A WOUND ON LIP!!!

[TinyCreaturesRescue]

If you don't know the whole story look on my last post.

OMG PLEASE HELP!!!!

I did exactly what everyone said to do and more!
But I think Oscar has an effect from the force feeding!
His lower lip is coming outwards and his lip is curled slightly and BLEEDING! Not pouring but red. He is STILL not eating!
I put three crickets in there Sunday and he hasn't touched them, he used to be a decent chubbyness but now he's like a twig! I don't think he has grown very much since I got him either!
Should I take him to the local exotic animals vet!?!!!???
PLEASE HELP ME I DONT WANT HIM TO DIE!!!!
Here are some pics of his skinniness, his lip, and his position when I got home the other day.

 

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The pic is a bit blurry but that is his most recent poo if it helps.

 

[SpacialCoogs]

If he hurt his lip then he probably doesn't want to eat as a result. Have you tried some chicken baby food? Or syringe feeding to see if he'll eat if you provide food that way?

 

[TinyCreaturesRescue]

I have tried syringe feeding and he didn't go for it but I'm going to get some butternut squash baby food and chicken baby food soon.
I've heard that there are different stages, what kind would be best?

 

[kyleena29]

Has he been checked for parasites? Is your set up good and uvb? I have a little one not eating too for unknown reasons. I was syringe feeding him but recently discovered I can feed him black soldier fly larvae pretty easily. Hold him in your palm in a way that you can pull his lower lip down just a little with your finger and push a larvae into the side of his teeth and you should be able to get him to eat that way. You can do the same with veggies.

 

[TinyCreaturesRescue]

His setup is fine. I'm getting him the reptisun 10.0 for Christmas, i take him outside every sunny day for now until
I get it but I think it will be fine until then. No he hasn't been checked but I think I'm going to schedule a vet appointment possibly this weekend, also the thing with "assist-feeding", because of his lip I can't mess with it. I just tried to give him some watered down bearded Dragon diet and he flinched a bit and his wound opened up wider.
I'll post a pic in the morning, I don't want to disturb him or anybody else by turning on my overhead light. Also two questions, who is Tracie? And is there a way to releive stress in beardies?

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

How is your little one doing today? Is his lip doing any better?
Have you tried dropping food onto his nose instead of getting a syringe into the mouth to help ease the injury site?
Any stage of the baby food is fine, really. I don't think it matters.
Let us know how he is doing. I hope his mouth is doing better.
You can get some unpasteurized raw honey or manuka honey to put on the mouth area. It's perfectly fine if ingested so no problem there. It will help with healing as it has antibacterial properties.
To cut down stress, try to be sure it is not too noisy in there for him & double check his temperatures making sure they are optimal.

Tracie