Lump on beardies neck

[blacksunflower1992]

Hello everyone,
I bought my bearded dragon around Christmas time, I figure he is about 3 months old or so. At the beginning of February, I noticed he has a bit of a lump under his beard. I tried researching and did read that they could store food in their throat but i dont believe thats the case. The lump hasn't really went down at all. Some days its not super noticeable but its definitely always there. When I run my finger under his beard, its very soft and doesn't seem to be causing him any pain or discomfort. His behaviour hasn't changed at all, He is still active and eating very well. I believe his terrarium set up is adequate, I have him in a 40 gallon tank right now. I know my UVB needs to be upgraded as I just have the Zoo-med 10.0 compact bulb. I have the 24" Arcadia T5 kit on order. But anyways, I attached photos of his set up and the lump. Is this something I should be concenerned about? If anyone could shed some light on this, that would be much appreciated Thanks!

 

[KarrieRee]

Hello everyone,
I bought my bearded dragon around Christmas time, I figure he is about 3 months old or so. At the beginning of February, I noticed he has a bit of a lump under his beard. I tried researching and did read that they could store food in their throat but i dont believe thats the case. The lump hasn't really went down at all. Some days its not super noticeable but its definitely always there. When I run my finger under his beard, its very soft and doesn't seem to be causing him any pain or discomfort. His behaviour hasn't changed at all, He is still active and eating very well. I believe his terrarium set up is adequate, I have him in a 40 gallon tank right now. I know my UVB needs to be upgraded as I just have the Zoo-med 10.0 compact bulb. I have the 24" Arcadia T5 kit on order. But anyways, I attached photos of his set up and the lump. Is this something I should be concenerned about? If anyone could shed some light on this, that would be much appreciated Thanks!

Its good you have the new UVB coming compacts are terrible and will cause all kinds of health issues- when you get the Arcadia please post back on here so we can help you get it set up for the tank - distance and placement will be determined by the screen on the tank --- please get two digital probe thermometers for accurate surface basking temps - the ones you have now are giving ambient temps --- the bump looks like a cyst or abscess I am going to have ahbd take a look at it - if it is a cyst or abscess you will need a vet visit to have them take a culture of it so they can treat it -
@AHBD

 

[blacksunflower1992]

Its good you have the new UVB coming compacts are terrible and will cause all kinds of health issues- when you get the Arcadia please post back on here so we can help you get it set up for the tank - distance and placement will be determined by the screen on the tank --- please get two digital probe thermometers for accurate surface basking temps - the ones you have now are giving ambient temps --- the bump looks like a cyst or abscess I am going to have ahbd take a look at it - if it is a cyst or abscess you will need a vet visit to have them take a culture of it so they can treat it -
@AHBD

Yeah I read that the compacts shouldn't be used. It's crazy that all the pet stores sell these "all you need" kits when it's not even adequate. Okay I will get those on order. I did use the thermometer in his basking area first just to make sure the temperature was good, then I moved it over to the middle. And oh no, that's not good I honestly didn't even think it would be something like that because it's so soft. I figured a cyst would be a harder lump. When I stroke his beard/chin, it's super soft and you wouldn't even know there's a lump there. Thanks for your help, I'll wait for a response and research some vets are in my area.

 

[AHBD]

No way to tell for sure, edema [ water retention ] can be caused by a number of things. What are the temps. throughout the tank and how are you measuring them ? Basking spot needs to be about 105, ambient temps. vary from 80 to low 90's with a night temp. drop to 70 or so. Be sure your temps. are correct and proper uvb is also a must. You can have an experienced vet check him out to find out if medical attention is needed.
BTW, he looks older than 3 months, more like 5. Oh and nice looking set up but best to take the fake greenery out, many dragons will eat it because it looks like the real thing. That would cause problems too.