Blood after eating a superworm?! Please help!

[Jill and chili]

i was feeding dragon some super worms this morning, I feed them one at a time with tweezers. He ate a few and I went to grab a new one and looked back and there was Blood on the floor of his tank and on his lips.

I dropped the worm I was holding to go grab a towel and he didn’t chase after it. I rinsed his mouth but couldn’t get him to open up his mouth. I put him in his basking spot at he was there when I left for work.

Any ideas what happened? Did a superworm sting him? What do I need to do next?

 

[Jill and chili]

We have a vet appointment for 1:00 tomorrow

 

[PatsyB]

It could have bit him but it could also have just been from the super worm. What did the vet say?

 

[Jill and chili]

I’m glad I brought him in, he broke a tooth and had to have it pulled. Now we’re just watching for redness, swelling, asymmetrical face.

 

[PatsyB]

OMG!!!! I've never heard of that. I hope the tooth fairy was kind to him!

 

[Jill and chili]

OMG!!!! I've never heard of that. I hope the tooth fairy was kind to him!

Oh yes! She left him some delicious soft worms. Poor baby!

 

[PatsyB]

Good tooth fairy!

 

[BeardedHippy]

ok, now I am confused a bit. I didnt know you could 'pull' a dragon tooth , they are supposed to be acrodontal like most lizards, meaning they are fused to the jawbone rather than in sockets. But there you have a dragon tooth!, does the literature need changing or am I misunderstanding something?

 

[PatsyB]

ok, now I am confused a bit. I didnt know you could 'pull' a dragon tooth , they are supposed to be acrodontal like most lizards, meaning they are fused to the jawbone rather than in sockets. But there you have a dragon tooth!, does the literature need changing or am I misunderstanding something?

Now I heard it was common for bearded dragons to lose teeth and regrow teeth.... sounds like we need to do some research!

 

[Jill and chili]

ok, now I am confused a bit. I didnt know you could 'pull' a dragon tooth , they are supposed to be acrodontal like most lizards, meaning they are fused to the jawbone rather than in sockets. But there you have a dragon tooth!, does the literature need changing or am I misunderstanding something?

I don’t think you’re mistaken, I was probably not very clear. Having a tooth “pulled” is not really the right term, even though the vet did pull it out of his mouth. If you look very very closely there is a bit of jawbone attached to the tooth, so that is the part that actually broke, it was still partly attached to his mouth.

That’s if I understood the vet correctly which, who knows. It was a traumatic day

 

[Jill and chili]

Now I heard it was common for bearded dragons to lose teeth and regrow teeth.... sounds like we need to do some research!

I asked the vet if this was common, and she said “not especially but I’m not really worried about it. There’s still a chance it could grow back.” But when she came back from pulling it she showed me the jawbone attached and didn’t think the chances of it growing back were very high.

I’ve read (but didn’t think to ask or missed when she explained) that they have sortof front teeth that they shed on occasion, and also the fused, permanent teeth in back. I have no link for this, I was in a bearded dragon health rabbit hole.

 

[Hdrydr31]

Wow!! I did not know that they could grow back! Very interesting.. Hope your little one heals up quick.

 

[Jill and chili]

Wow!! I did not know that they could grow back! Very interesting.. Hope your little one heals up quick.

Looks like we’re all learning things today! Thank you

 

[Lindsey-Star Duhe]

Maybe he was just overzealous and bit the tweezers?

Glad the tooth fairy came!


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[Jill and chili]

Maybe he was just overzealous and bit the tweezers?

Glad the tooth fairy came!


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The vet thought that at first too, but we use soft bamboo tweezers that are supposed to prevent mouth injury. Her best guess is that he got excited exploring all the new things in his new tank (we just moved him the day before) and he bit onto a rock. Either way, now when he gets fed I drop wormies from WAY high up. Just in case