kakequinn
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Hey guys, I've got a couple of questions.
I have a bearded dragon who is about 10 inches, give or take an inch or so, who started to shed her two front legs.They started getting pale at the same time(around feb. 26th), she has completely shed the left arm but the right hasn't shed yet and I noticed today that it looks a bit swollen.
I also noticed that she isn't putting much pressure on that leg.She prefers not to put any pressure on it and normally tries to hold it to her side like when I'm holding her and when she is basking.When I was looking at it, I was slightly moving it to see if she has any tension in it and wanting to pull it away or keep it in place...Nothing.I can move it without her trying to pull it away, her other arm I can't, she pulls it away.I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the shed or because she jumped off the back of the couch onto a bag of puppy pads..I don't think it would have had anything to do with it, but maybe it does?
I'm going to be putting towels under her basking log just in case she jumps/falls because it looked like she may have slipped, I want her to have more cushion under, just in case.
But...I was wondering if I can do anything to help with her shed to come off? No pieces are coming off of it, I soak her every day to every other day.
And the floppy arm...I can put a little pressure on her chest, close to her left(good) arm and it doesn't move but if I do it to her chest near the right(bad) arm it's as if it is just floppy and there..Do you think it could be because of the shed?Could she have dislocated/broken her shoulder?Because when I feel her chest, the left is basically smooth but her right there is a sort of bump there where her shoulder is.
If I can't do anything to help her shed/arm I will obviously take her to the vet...But I really want to see if I can do anything to help for now.
Here are some pictures, the first I have flipped the images to show her left arm on the left and her right on the right.The second is just straight from my phone camera, which I think is flipped the other way.
I have a bearded dragon who is about 10 inches, give or take an inch or so, who started to shed her two front legs.They started getting pale at the same time(around feb. 26th), she has completely shed the left arm but the right hasn't shed yet and I noticed today that it looks a bit swollen.
I also noticed that she isn't putting much pressure on that leg.She prefers not to put any pressure on it and normally tries to hold it to her side like when I'm holding her and when she is basking.When I was looking at it, I was slightly moving it to see if she has any tension in it and wanting to pull it away or keep it in place...Nothing.I can move it without her trying to pull it away, her other arm I can't, she pulls it away.I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the shed or because she jumped off the back of the couch onto a bag of puppy pads..I don't think it would have had anything to do with it, but maybe it does?
I'm going to be putting towels under her basking log just in case she jumps/falls because it looked like she may have slipped, I want her to have more cushion under, just in case.
But...I was wondering if I can do anything to help with her shed to come off? No pieces are coming off of it, I soak her every day to every other day.
And the floppy arm...I can put a little pressure on her chest, close to her left(good) arm and it doesn't move but if I do it to her chest near the right(bad) arm it's as if it is just floppy and there..Do you think it could be because of the shed?Could she have dislocated/broken her shoulder?Because when I feel her chest, the left is basically smooth but her right there is a sort of bump there where her shoulder is.
If I can't do anything to help her shed/arm I will obviously take her to the vet...But I really want to see if I can do anything to help for now.
Here are some pictures, the first I have flipped the images to show her left arm on the left and her right on the right.The second is just straight from my phone camera, which I think is flipped the other way.