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Xx_JoJo_xX · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject: Biscuits tail.. help

Biscuits tail has something on it but I dont know what! Shocked

She was crawling over my hand and her tail felt a little rough n so I had a closer look and its either food, poop or a wound of some sort.. its only tiny and dark so i can't tell if its something stuck on it or the scales of her tail raised in a tiny lump.........

I've tried using a damp cotton bud to ease it off but it doesn't seem to be budging.. and since Lauren told me about how crickets biting a lizard can sometimes kill em, now I'm worried that a little b*&!$^d cricket has bitten her!! She doesn't seem bothered by me touching it..... infact she's being very calm..... which is also worrying me!!!

I'm hoping that I'm over-reacting and that it is just some poop or food that needs a good soak.. but incase it is a wound what should I be looking for? and what should I do to clean it? I dont have any iodine solution or anything....

Thanks
Jo
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Paulk · Key Member Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 253 Location: essex

It may just be a peice of food that needs a good soak in warm water before it'll come off. But things you should watch for are:

Any sort of puss etc oozing from the wound,
Any attempts that she may make in biting at it,
Inflamation,
Spreading (if its an infection).

I always use Reptile Heal Aid. It comes in a small bottle and you apply it to a cotton bud then dab it onto the wound, repeat each day (obviously after reading the guidelines provided). Its a good healing agent which I have used to clear up a gammy eye, and a foot wound, both of which healed perfectly. You con get it in most reptile shops.

But if this thing has just appeared over-night then it's probably something stuck to her!

Perhaps you could provide a picture? If in doubt take her to the vets, good luck with her. I'd hate for anything to happen to a Gecko with the same name as my Beardie! Wink

Sorry for the large pic
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Xx_JoJo_xX · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject:

Thanks Paul Smile

You're beardie looks fab, super name too Razz

I will go to the shop and get some treatment of some sort..

I soaked it and wiped it with a cotton bud and the dark thing came off but I'm thinking it was a scab now and not food as it looks a lil shiney and scarred underneath where it was.. Sad

There isn't anything sharp in the viv that she could have hurt it on so I'm thinking it must be a either a cricket bite or possibly a wound from while she was in the pet shop... but I'm sure I would have noticed it earlier if it had been there that long... Poor Biscuit. Sad

On the plus side it doesnt seem to be hurting her... that I can tell anyway...

She is very small and the wound is tiny.. I'm not sure I can get a piccy but I will try.
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Paulk · Key Member Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 253 Location: essex

Crix are just evilness, I just love to watch my mantis eat them alive Twisted Evil

But on a lighter note im glad shes not to bad, at least if it was a sore you can treat it a little better.

Actual thinking of getting some Geckos myself, any you can recomend? Wink

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Xx_JoJo_xX · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 5:23 pm Post subject:

I recommend my Spud and Biscuit! But you can't have em! Razz

Cresties are awesome! I am biased perhaps but you've gotta love 'em! Very Happy

This is the best photo I could manage to get.. the thing looks a white colour but its actually just shining in the light.
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Paulk · Key Member Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 253 Location: essex

I see what you mean, hopefully it'll just heal over and come away when it sheds.

Could your Crestie have burnt itself in any way, as it looks a little like a burn scar?
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Xx_JoJo_xX · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject:

Nope, no way that she could have burnt herself while she's been in my care as I dont give them added lighting or heating.. And in the shop she was in a small faunarium with no way to come into direct contact with heat..
At least she doesnt seem upset by it.... I've just got some iodine so gonna clean it now..
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Paulk · Key Member Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 253 Location: essex

hope all goes well! Smile

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Scott W · Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 8:40 am Post subject:

does it look a fresh wound or a scar type?

If it's more scar type then hopefully it'll go soon enough.
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Xx_JoJo_xX · Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 3:11 pm Post subject:

Well I dont really know, this is my first injured reptile Shocked

I can only assume that it is a fresh wound otherwise it wouldnt have been scabbed over?
Does anyone know how often I'm meant to put this iodine stuff on her? Confused

Do I need to do anything else to prevent infection??
Thanks
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