Still having trouble with my female

[pumpkinman]

So I have had both dragons 7 weeks. The male was born Oct 30th and when I got him he was 9 grams. The female was born Oct1st and when I got her she was 27 grams.
Both in their own viv. 36" Reptisun 10.0's, basking 110F, cold side 80F with 8F night drop. Feeding Criks, butters, dubia, mustard-collard-dandelion greens.
So both took a long time to adjust. The male really started to thrive after 4-5 weeks. He is now 35 grams and eats well.
The female is really skinny and was 30 grams today. When I bath her she drinks 3-4 grams of water as I weigh her before and after the bath. I bath the every 2 days.
The female is active but does not each much. She has stress marks most of the time but they fade in the bath.
She also has something on her mouth (pic attached). Not sure if it is a infection or not.
I will take a fecal from her tomorrow to the vets.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[Gail]

Looks like she has a infection/mouth rot and that is probably why she isn't eating. You need to take her to the vet, not just a fecal sample. She needs to have her mouth treated before it gets worse.

 

[pumpkinman]

There is a good herp vet 1 mile from me. I will call first thing and try to get in.
I just read that mouth rot is most likely cause by a dirty viv and poor living conditions. My vivs are top notch and always clean. Is it possible it has had it all along since I got her? I know there was another one at the breeder with a mouth that looked the same.
When I picked them up from the breeder he had temps real low because there were only a few babies left and he was trying to get the adults to go down. I remember him telling me they would thrive once they got under my heat lamps.

 

[pumpkinman]

Well I got her to a vet a week ago today. She had a infection in her gums and I have been giving her Baytril orally and cioloxan ointment topically. Within 3 days she did a 360. She is eating like a champ and thickening up. She gained 6 grams in the last week which is about the same she gained in the first 6 weeks. The vet wanted me to collect fecal for 10 days so I will drop it off tomorrow or Thurs.
BTW, the vet cost more than the dragon but well worth it.

 

[Gail]

That great news, amazing how just a few days on meds can make such a big difference. The infection could have been caused by a number of things, I highly doubt anything you did caused it.

 

[pumpkinman]

Gail. I researched the hell out of these animals and spared no expense when setting up the vivs. I feel a Little guilty for not noticing sooner that she may be sick but no amount of research can beat experience. I now know what to look for, at least for this type of problem.
My advise to new owners: when relocation stress seems to be hanging around a little too long,(more than 4 weeks) get the animal checked out.