SwervesBar
Member
Hello all,
Been a while since I've been here but I'm back with some Pancake problems again.
So just to start off I keep my 10 month old beardie in a 75 gallon under a SolarGlo mercury all-in-one bulb 160 w (I think that's the big one?) It's a UVB bulb but the mercury is what creates the heat. With baths normally twice a week, calcium dusted salads, dubia roaches, multivitamins, and no other beardies housed in the enclosure. I have new UVB strip lights coming in because I'm wondering if the light had something to do with this.
Anyways.
Pancake has had these two patches of shed; on his mid-tail and arm where he had old injuries. The shed has been on there for a week now, maybe even longer. On his hand he's had two bizarre injuries where the scales look like they were actually scraped with some light bleeding. I have a few images here, taken last night.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/538199322202996737/573369770943184896/20190501_234037.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/538199322202996737/573370052854808576/20190501_234523.jpg
And then here's a picture from just half an hour ago a day later:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/538199322202996737/573623273041166367/20190502_161804.jpg
I'm going to give him 2-3 baths everyday and put pure coconut oil on the areas before bed...
But-- I've never had a beardie before and I still feel like a total noob. Am i overreacting??? Is this just a normal shed that is taking a little while? I see his back leg is starting to change color too... And at what point do I say; It's time to see the vet???
Thank you ;;
Been a while since I've been here but I'm back with some Pancake problems again.
So just to start off I keep my 10 month old beardie in a 75 gallon under a SolarGlo mercury all-in-one bulb 160 w (I think that's the big one?) It's a UVB bulb but the mercury is what creates the heat. With baths normally twice a week, calcium dusted salads, dubia roaches, multivitamins, and no other beardies housed in the enclosure. I have new UVB strip lights coming in because I'm wondering if the light had something to do with this.
Anyways.
Pancake has had these two patches of shed; on his mid-tail and arm where he had old injuries. The shed has been on there for a week now, maybe even longer. On his hand he's had two bizarre injuries where the scales look like they were actually scraped with some light bleeding. I have a few images here, taken last night.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/538199322202996737/573369770943184896/20190501_234037.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/538199322202996737/573370052854808576/20190501_234523.jpg
And then here's a picture from just half an hour ago a day later:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/538199322202996737/573623273041166367/20190502_161804.jpg
I'm going to give him 2-3 baths everyday and put pure coconut oil on the areas before bed...
But-- I've never had a beardie before and I still feel like a total noob. Am i overreacting??? Is this just a normal shed that is taking a little while? I see his back leg is starting to change color too... And at what point do I say; It's time to see the vet???
Thank you ;;