Black spots on beardie …

[Charliesworld]

Hi friends! I’ve had Charlie since January of 2017 and she’s the light of my life, literally my child. I noticed yesterday she has a really dark spot on her head (see pic) - anyone know what this is? Other than this she is fine and dandy. Thank you!!!

 

[Sadie]

Hi friends! I’ve had Charlie since January of 2017 and she’s the light of my life, literally my child. I noticed yesterday she has a really dark spot on her head (see pic) - anyone know what this is? Other than this she is fine and dandy. Thank you!!!

Boy not sure let me have someone look at it -- they may know

 

[BeardedBeavis]

I can’t see your pic for some reason. But, our boy had some black/darker spots on him. Our vet sent pics to the vet med program at K-State. They said that it was normal for a beardie of his age (between 2 & 3) to have spots like that. They explained it being like acne for beardies. It’s cause by elevated “teenage” hormones.

 

[Charliesworld]

I can’t see your pic for some reason. But, our boy had some black/darker spots on him. Our vet sent pics to the vet med program at K-State. They said that it was normal for a beardie of his age (between 2 & 3) to have spots like that. They explained it being like acne for beardies. It’s cause by elevated “teenage” hormones.

Attaching the photo here. She’s going to be 6 in january so not sure if it’s that ..

 

[Charliesworld]

Attaching the photo here. She’s going to be 6 in january so not sure if it’s that ..

Thank you so much

Boy not sure let me have someone look at it -- they may know

let me know thank you so much!

 

[Sadie]

Thank you so much

let me know thank you so much!

I heard back and she has asked this
Not sure , looks like some type of bruise possibly. Is there any tight spot she might have wedged her head under either in or out of the enclosure ?

 

[Charliesworld]

I heard back and she has asked this
Not sure , looks like some type of bruise possibly. Is there any tight spot she might have wedged her head under either in or out of the enclosure ?

Thank you so much for the insight. Not really, she’s been brumating in her cave recently. The dot in the center is what confuses me

 

[Sadie]

Thank you so much for the insight. Not really, she’s been brumating in her cave recently. The dot in the center is what confuses me

Not sure , looks like some type of bruise possibly. Is there any tight spot she might have wedged her head under either in or out of the enclosure ?

Not sure , looks like some type of bruise possibly. Is there any tight spot she might have wedged her head under either in or out of the enclosure ?
Not sure I will find out

Not sure I will find out
Thank you so much for the insight. Not really, she’s been brumating in her cave recently. The dot in the center is what confuses me

It may not be harmful but it's not normal. Another poster mentioned acne like from " teenage hormones " that a vet mentioned on their own beardie but there's no such thing. That vet must have been thinking of a black beard.
This dragon somehow might have scraped it or gotten it bumped on something.

 

[Charliesworld]

Not sure , looks like some type of bruise possibly. Is there any tight spot she might have wedged her head under either in or out of the enclosure ?

Not sure , looks like some type of bruise possibly. Is there any tight spot she might have wedged her head under either in or out of the enclosure ?
Not sure I will find out

Not sure I will find out
Thank you so much for the insight. Not really, she’s been brumating in her cave recently. The dot in the center is what confuses me

It may not be harmful but it's not normal. Another poster mentioned acne like from " teenage hormones " that a vet mentioned on their own beardie but there's no such thing. That vet must have been thinking of a black beard.
This dragon somehow might have scraped it or gotten it bumped on something.

Thank you for the insight and I apologize for the late response. I attached a photo here of what it looks like today, appears to be getting bigger but she definitely didn’t hit it off of anything lately bc all she’s been doing is sleeping. Ugh.

 

[Sadie]

Thank you for the insight and I apologize for the late response. I attached a photo here of what it looks like today, appears to be getting bigger but she definitely didn’t hit it off of anything lately bc all she’s been doing is sleeping. Ugh.

That should probably be looked at by a vet --- www.arav.org type in a bigger cities zip code if your in a small town/ area--- they should do a test of the area for bacterial / fungus on it so they can prescribe something to get rid of it - I have reached out to the person I asked before to get her opinion on it---- she may have something you can do in the meantime for it -- I was going to suggest some betadine solution / and or some raw pasteurized honey on it but lets see what she suggest -- but I would look for a vet --

 

[Sadie]

That should probably be looked at by a vet --- www.arav.org type in a bigger cities zip code if your in a small town/ area--- they should do a test of the area for bacterial / fungus on it so they can prescribe something to get rid of it - I have reached out to the person I asked before to get her opinion on it---- she may have something you can do in the meantime for it -- I was going to suggest some betadine solution / and or some raw pasteurized honey on it but lets see what she suggest -- but I would look for a vet --

She posted back and has said basically the same thing
I agree it's best to have a vet look at it, it appears to be worse.

 

[Sadie]

She posted back and has said basically the same thing
I agree it's best to have a vet look at it, it appears to be worse.

Update on the dragon