Capbo has something odd with his lips I think

[TheGuvnor]

Yes you are. I guess I could dig up some info. If it was in fact in a book I see the relative info. Google will have the info I should think, although I've not done a search on the subject myself. As this info is something I don't need to research. :-P
.....just saying.

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[Dennis Cronin]

Look for the clinical name "stomatitis" I think and there's tons:

https://www.google.com/#q=stomatitis

 

[Dennis Cronin]

I was having trouble giving him his medicine but then I found a good youtube showing how to grab the skin under the chin and pull the mouth open. Worked great. Finally got a good full dose into the guy.

 

[Bushmaster11B]

How is his mouth looking now Dennis?

 

[Dennis Cronin]

Still not great, about the same or maybe just slightly better, but given I only now learned how to properly give the medicine, let's give it a bit more time.

 

[Dennis Cronin]

Pretty much back to normal. I big thing was learning how to properly give medicine to a lizard. Good ol' youtube

 

[Bushmaster11B]

If you could shed some light on how you did it for the community, that would be great.

 

[Dennis Cronin]

There's a video on youtube that shows how you grab a folder of skin under the chin and then pull the mouth open by grabbing the side of the top jaw. The vet lady did it solo no problem but my wife and I have to do it together. She holds Capbo and the dropper of medicine and then I pull the mouth open. She shove the dropper in and squeezes. Lizard swallows. Then beard turns all black and he looks unhappy with me.

 

[Dennis Cronin]

Side note: been giving him more frequent baths during the antibiotic treatment. Tonight he drank for almost a minute. He's only slurped up tub water once before I think. Thirsty lizard.

 

[TheGuvnor]

As with all fluids being ingested via a dropper. Make sure you try get the tongue below the dropper tip. They have a hole under the tongue that goes directly to the lungs. So water down there could cause issues.