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Centeral Bearded Dragon Head wound

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Question
Hi.I wonder if you could give me advice please .I live in Australia in the Centeral West(Counrty) I was on my ride on mower today and I ran over a Small Bearded dragon he/she is about 4 inches long perhaps a bit bigger only a baby really.I saw he was bleeding I picked him up with my leather gloves on as to not pass on a human smell to him and washed him inder tepid water to see where the would was he has a small gash on the top of his head kind of behind the right eye as you look down on him.I put him in a small fish tank with wood clippings and put a normal light in on it to warm him up as its only just turned to spring here.I placed some water in there with him and gave him a rock and a terracotta pot to go into .Hes head is still weeping a bit but not bleeding as such .He can move but prefersto be still he walked into the terracotta pot tonight to get under cover I presume .What can I do to help him is there any human creams like antiseptic cream I could use on him ? I want to release him asap as he is wild and I do not believe in caging these Native animals .He has not eaten or had a drink I suspect he is perhaps in shock as anything would be after having a ride on mower run them over and he's wound of course and he is not use to being in a captivity as well I suspect .He seems to be slepping atm hes eyes are shut and the cube fish tank is warm .I know a normal light is not the right thing to use but again Iam very isolated (a farmer so Iam use to thinking on my feet) .He is so cute and I feel guilty and just want to help him .Again he has a head injury he is a small lizard .Anything I can do to help him I was thinking of letting him go tomorrow and seeing how he goes on his own but I dont want him to be at the mercy of other animals of prey and I dont want his injusy to get worse .As a farmer you would think I would just put him out of his misery but he is a native to Australia and I have a soft spot for anything Native that and the fact I was responsible for his injury.Thankyou for your time. Regards Stuart Jones

Answer
 You can put Neosporin on the wound.  I would take out the chipping and use newspaper to keep stuff from getting in the wound area.  He is going through a sort of relocationg stress.  I would give him a shallow dish of water and if you have a clean spray bottle, mist him with water so he will stay hydrated.  Are you familiar with the native plant?  If there are any peppery weeds, you can make a well minced wet salad and he may nibble on that after the headache is gone.  Once he starts eating or moving about to get out, you can release him in a safer area than your lawn.