Mouth/tooth rot?

[beardie parents]

Hi all

I'm wondering what to look for if/when a beardie gets mouth rot. I was remembering when Deb (sweetiepie) was looking in one of her boys' mouth and noticed that he had mouth/tooth rot. Because of that I looked in Rosie's mouth and saw that the top of her teeth are black, not the bottom of the teeth or the gums, both of them look fine but I was wondering if I should be concerned or just keep an eye on her teeth to see if the coloring changes/grows or not.


Thanks.

Lori

 

[imcallumwbu]

Hi there,

I am in no way an expert on this, but when I see my beardies yawn I have never seen any discolouration in their gums, you might wanna get that checked out!

 

[beardie parents]

I saw that Rosie's gums weren't discolored, just the very top of her teeth are dark, nothing else.

 

[imcallumwbu]

Hmm, in my knowledge that cant be mouth rot, mouth rot usually turns the fleshy parts of the mouth and outer scales a dark lumpy colour, ive mever heared of it taking place on a beardies teeth! Could you grab a picture of it so I could take a look?

 

[beardie parents]

We will attempt to. It may not be easy as she only opens her mouth sometimes when she's basking and it's a bit hot but not very much. I was thinking the same thing, that it isn't a problem just the food particles staying on her teeth.

 

[imcallumwbu]

Hi again,

I believe I have just completley mis-diagnosed you, I stated mouth rot turns the inside out outer scales of the mouth a dark colour, I believe they turn a light yellow/wightish colour, no idea why I wrote dark!