Wound on bottom of foot?

[Lucyrodney]

Hello! I hope someone here can advise me on what to do, I’m not sure many vets in my area are open.
So basically, my beardie (Female, 3 years old, 40 gallon long tank, adequate heat and t10 18 inch uvb replaced every six months outside of tank, eats fine, poops fine) has been running around her tank restless and glass surfing whenever I’m around. I assume she wants to come out, but I don’t always have the means to keep an eye on her so she can’t always come out. Well today I looked in the bottom of her foot and it looks like it’s been rubbed open and scabbed up or something. I e attached pictures but please let me know if they don’t upload correctly. I have replaced any rocks and wood in her tank so it’s only fabrics and the outside glass, her floor is felt, and I plan on applying betadine 2x a day or so to see if it improves. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do! Can I put a bandaid on it?? Would that help at all? Neosporine? I have no idea.

It’s on the bottom of her front foot, she had a neighboring toe amputated for an infected cricket bite years ago.

 

[KarrieRee]

First what are you using for a substrate? Next you can put some raw unpasteurized honey mixed w/ a little warm water- apply w/ q tip- this will stop the infection- make sure there are no crickets in the tank and do not feed her crickets in the tank - those crickets will go after the foot-
It looks sore
Karrie

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

Ouch, that doesn't look like it would feel very good at all! Do you have any idea what she
could have hurt that on?
The betadine, diluted down, should help keep it clean. As Karrie suggested, try using some
raw, unpasteurized honey or manuka honey on the food to help ward off infection. Is she
favoring it or limping right now?
Just making sure everything stays pretty clean will help a lot. The felt on the bottom of the
tank is perfect, a nice & natural bedding.
Is she eating well right now, too?

Tracie

 

[Lucyrodney]

First what are you using for a substrate? Next you can put some raw unpasteurized honey mixed w/ a little warm water- apply w/ q tip- this will stop the infection- make sure there are no crickets in the tank and do not feed her crickets in the tank - those crickets will go after the foot-
It looks sore
Karrie

Thanks for telling me about the honey! She doesn’t get crickets very often and we don’t feed them in her tank. Thanks

 

[Lucyrodney]

Hello,

Ouch, that doesn't look like it would feel very good at all! Do you have any idea what she
could have hurt that on?
The betadine, diluted down, should help keep it clean. As Karrie suggested, try using some
raw, unpasteurized honey or manuka honey on the food to help ward off infection. Is she
favoring it or limping right now?
Just making sure everything stays pretty clean will help a lot. The felt on the bottom of the
tank is perfect, a nice & natural bedding.
Is she eating well right now, too?

Tracie

I switched her over to paper towels as soon as I found the wound just to make it easier if I needed to clean anything up. My only idea of how she hurt it is she either scratched her rocks while she ran around her tank or just rubbed it raw on the glass. I have never found blood anywhere in her tank though. She has never favored it and I was very surprised to find it because she didn’t even mind me touching it. She is eating great.
I will definitely look into the honey, is there anything I can use to hold it on her foot? She runs around her tank a lot (still trying to work out the cause of that) and I am worried she would just rub it off

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

How is your girl's foot doing today?
Short of putting a little bootie on her foot, most bandaids, etc will come off if they run around
during the day. So, what you could do during the day, is simply use some antibiotic ointment
during the day if you need to simply keep it moist. At night, when she isn't moving around &
sleeping you can use the honey then. Just make sure there aren't any bugs or insects that are
running around her tank overnight that would be attracted to it.

Let us know how she is doing.
Tracie

 

[Lucyrodney]

Hello,

How is your girl's foot doing today?
Short of putting a little bootie on her foot, most bandaids, etc will come off if they run around
during the day. So, what you could do during the day, is simply use some antibiotic ointment
during the day if you need to simply keep it moist. At night, when she isn't moving around &
sleeping you can use the honey then. Just make sure there aren't any bugs or insects that are
running around her tank overnight that would be attracted to it.

Let us know how she is doing.
Tracie

That sounds great! She is doing fine. It looks better already, and it’s definitely not any worse. Thank you so much for your help!