Necrotic toes/tail on a baby beardie

[skifflexie]

Hi guys I just bought this beardie. Here is a link to our introduction with some extra info about the beardie and close ups of the nips :
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=199991

Is there anything I should be doing to help the nips heal?
The nips happened over the weekend, so they are fairly fresh.

Thanks!

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

He is adorable for sure!
What UVB system are you going to replace the coil with, the Arcadia D3 12 % tube bulb system?
He will need better UVB as soon as you can get the chance to change it over.
For the nips, you can get some betadine & dilute it down until it resembles weak tea & soak the digits that are affected. Then get some antibiotic ointment/cream to put on the areas which have been nipped or injured. At the current time, it is hard to determine to what extent the injuries are but there is a good possibility that they will become necrotic & dry up eventually.
I would watch for infection though since they are from a bite.

Tracie

 

[skifflexie]

Hello,

He is adorable for sure!
What UVB system are you going to replace the coil with, the Arcadia D3 12 % tube bulb system?
He will need better UVB as soon as you can get the chance to change it over.
For the nips, you can get some betadine & dilute it down until it resembles weak tea & soak the digits that are affected. Then get some antibiotic ointment/cream to put on the areas which have been nipped or injured. At the current time, it is hard to determine to what extent the injuries are but there is a good possibility that they will become necrotic & dry up eventually.
I would watch for infection though since they are from a bite.

Tracie

I'm not sure about what I'm replacing my system with, I've been looking around, I want a really good set up, something that is semi affordable, I understand that then best ones are gonna be pricy, so it may take me a few pay checks to save up, I'm a college kid and my grants got cut this year; not trying to complain lol, at least I get paid weekly so it doesn't take too long to save up. Do you have any recommendations for the best setup? I need to redo the basking also, it holds there perfect for now, but it is way to big of a bulb/fixture for my set up, so have it rigged lol.

Has for his toes, the one in his hand dried up and fell off and the wound is looking great, and fresh skin/scales as covered it. As for his foot those two toes are dried up and pointed towards the sky. His tail is what I'm worried about, it's just dark, I have no idea if just the tip was nipped or if he sustained more of an injury on it. The tip of the tail is a little black scab, the half inch at the end is darker in color.
I will be getting some betadine today. As for the antibiotic cream is regular neosporn ok?

Thanks for responding, I was getting scared no one would lol.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

No problem.
I know, things are rough with everything right now, especially if you are a student.
What sized tank do you have?
That is great the hand is healing up nicely then. Is his foot going to heal up pretty well also?
The light should be a tube bulb though. You can get either the Reptisun 10 tube bulb or the Arcadia D3 12% tube bulb. Then you will need a light fixture for it, also. The cost shouldn't be too bad for you.
I hope the tip of the tail will be ok. Do you have a picture of that?
The neosporin would be perfect to use definitely! Did you get some already?

Tracie

 

[skifflexie]

Hello,

No problem.
I know, things are rough with everything right now, especially if you are a student.
What sized tank do you have?
That is great the hand is healing up nicely then. Is his foot going to heal up pretty well also?
The light should be a tube bulb though. You can get either the Reptisun 10 tube bulb or the Arcadia D3 12% tube bulb. Then you will need a light fixture for it, also. The cost shouldn't be too bad for you.
I hope the tip of the tail will be ok. Do you have a picture of that?
The neosporin would be perfect to use definitely! Did you get some already?

Tracie

He is currently in a 10g, I have a 60g back home, but it's way too large for where I'm living, and I have no way to move it to my apartment. I'm going to be renting a house next year with my boyfriend I can't wait then I will be able to have my 60g. I've been looking into buying a 40g for the time being, been searching Craigslist daily. I have an old fish tank at my moms that's a 29 that I can use too. But I had an idea while I was browsing the enclosures forum, my boyfriends dad is a wonderful contractor and so is my boyfriend, their entire family all does construction. And my birthday is coming up and I was thinking about having them build an enclosure. ) then we could design it to be perfect. So I've been reading up on the does and donts of building the enclosure.

I've already got the 12% t8 Arcadia tube in my shopping cart online, I'm waiting for one more pay check before I purchase so I have a little cushion in my bank account. However while pondering through my local pet store they sell reptisun 10.0 bulbs for 17.00! Compared to Petsmart where I work for $36.00!!

There are pictures in my introduction thread , I linked it above in this thread. There are pictures of his toes and tail. They are from last week, I'm currently camping and a coworker is watching him for me, so I don't have current pics.

 

[skifflexie]

Hello,

No problem.
I know, things are rough with everything right now, especially if you are a student.
What sized tank do you have?
That is great the hand is healing up nicely then. Is his foot going to heal up pretty well also?
The light should be a tube bulb though. You can get either the Reptisun 10 tube bulb or the Arcadia D3 12% tube bulb. Then you will need a light fixture for it, also. The cost shouldn't be too bad for you.
I hope the tip of the tail will be ok. Do you have a picture of that?
The neosporin would be perfect to use definitely! Did you get some already?

Tracie

He is currently in a 10g, I have a 60g back home, but it's way too large for where I'm living, and I have no way to move it to my apartment. I'm going to be renting a house next year with my boyfriend I can't wait then I will be able to have my 60g. I've been looking into buying a 40g for the time being, been searching Craigslist daily. I have an old fish tank at my moms that's a 29 that I can use too. But I had an idea while I was browsing the enclosures forum, my boyfriends dad is a wonderful contractor and so is my boyfriend, their entire family all does construction. And my birthday is coming up and I was thinking about having them build an enclosure. ) then we could design it to be perfect. So I've been reading up on the do's and donts of building the enclosure.

I've already got the 12% t8 Arcadia tube in my shopping cart online, I'm waiting for one more pay check before I purchase so I have a little cushion in my bank account. However while pondering through my local pet store they sell reptisun 10.0 bulbs for 17.00! Compared to Petsmart where I work for $36.00!!

There are pictures in my introduction thread , I linked it above in this thread. There are pictures of his toes and tail. They are from last week, I'm currently camping and a coworker is watching him for me, so I don't have current pics.