Hello everyone,
So I am having a bit of problem with my bearded dragon lately. There is a lot of black and orange dots all over his body. I went to the vet with him and the vet thinks it might be mites but he isn't even sure since it is not irritating him and I haven't seen movement. I tried the provent-a-mite, reptile spray, and even the iodine bath but they are not coming off. One of the orange dots has been on him for four years and hasn't moved and didn't spread till now. Also he recently just shed but instead of having a brighter color come out like he usually does,it got darker. Other then that he is in really good health. Has a healthy weight, active, and always interested in food. His husbandry is to a T. He has had fatty liver disease two years ago and had amputations to his tail and some of his toes. I adopted him from an abusive owner that apparently gave him inappropriate lights to the point where he had three layers of shed skin that couldn't come off and overfed him. I am wondering if it is possible that maybe these dots are from getting older. The first image shows small dots of orange on his bottom lip and a black dot on his cheek, the second image shows his right side darker which just finished shedding today, and lastly the image shows the orange dot on his middle spike, a little off to the right that has been there for four year.
Thanks
So I am having a bit of problem with my bearded dragon lately. There is a lot of black and orange dots all over his body. I went to the vet with him and the vet thinks it might be mites but he isn't even sure since it is not irritating him and I haven't seen movement. I tried the provent-a-mite, reptile spray, and even the iodine bath but they are not coming off. One of the orange dots has been on him for four years and hasn't moved and didn't spread till now. Also he recently just shed but instead of having a brighter color come out like he usually does,it got darker. Other then that he is in really good health. Has a healthy weight, active, and always interested in food. His husbandry is to a T. He has had fatty liver disease two years ago and had amputations to his tail and some of his toes. I adopted him from an abusive owner that apparently gave him inappropriate lights to the point where he had three layers of shed skin that couldn't come off and overfed him. I am wondering if it is possible that maybe these dots are from getting older. The first image shows small dots of orange on his bottom lip and a black dot on his cheek, the second image shows his right side darker which just finished shedding today, and lastly the image shows the orange dot on his middle spike, a little off to the right that has been there for four year.
Thanks