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Mountain horned dragon
HI, I have 2 MHD's and have a question about my female.
Living Conditions-
3ft wide x 4ft tall x 2 1/2ft deep enclosure. 3ft long zoo med 10.0 UV light. enclosure is 80F in the middle 88F at basking spot and 75F at the floor of the enclosure, at night the temp drops to 74F in the middle of the enclosure and 78 at the top by the light. mostly kept at 80%-90% humidity, it drops to 65% in the morning before misting and the fog machine turned on. 4gal pond with water heater and waterfall for moving water and filter, zoo med bark bedding.
Diet-
Dusted Crickets, Dusted Mealworms and Earthworms, flukers calcium dust and fluker vitamin spray is used on food, calcium every meal and vitamins once a week.
My male and female get along great with each other and no stress between the two...they pretty much just do their own thing, they are very young and are not mating this spring. very healthy and great collars.
My question and concern is for my female, i noticed wen feeding her today she has something wrong with the bottom of her mouth. it looks like a cut that goes from the inside to the out side of her mouth on one side of he bottom jaw. The cut looked fine until she ate he last piece of worm then the cut broke open and started bleeding. I put a few drops of water on and over he mouth to help it from hurting and also to make sure there wasn't anything in the cut that could infect it such as dirt or food. I would go to the vet but i live 70 miles from the closest reptile vet and cant make it with my job hours. So i am asking you what is the best way to treat this? can i use and antibiotic that is safe if it gets in the mouth should i keep her from eating for a few days so it has tome to heal? Also i sent a pic of the cut.
Thanks a lot!
AnswerHello Luke,
Oh so sorry to hear that. Do you know how that happened? Do you leave crickets in the tank overnight with them? Could a cricket have bitten her perhaps, or not? Did she scrape her chin on the tank somewhere in the tank possibly?
Yes, you can use a diluted betadine solution to wash the area out, daily. Being diluted, it should be safe enough in case any is ingested. There is a novalsan cream that can be used in small amounts for oral cuts that is relatively safe. Just do your best to keep it cleaned off daily, to lessen the chances of infection.
If you would rather syringe or dropper feed her for a few days to a week, to keep her from having to chew any feeders, that might help her out quite a bit.
Tracie
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