Well, then I have no idea how that bald patch could have happened. If you left her in the backyard to soak up some rays and she had to fight off a rat/squirrel, it could have happened in a moment or if she's co-habiting her enclosure with a tankmate, they could have had a short tussle. If you let her roam the living room floor and she rested her chin on some overheating laptop charger or some smaller electronic device, it could have led to the bald patch. If you rule out everything I said, then I don't know about the patch but the jaw could be MBD which you must take care of post haste with the new lights and calcium. As for the healing, I'm sure she'll heal up fine to the point where it won't bother her, but if that patch will grow perfect scales and be completely unnoticeable or result in scar, I don't know.
Will she be fine until I get them Saturday? I bought them online since stores around me didn’t have what I needed.
Yeah, if she has MBD, then we're talking about a chronic, not acute illness. They go downhill slowly; they don't suddenly die like from a heart attack.
Not sure if you will see but I replied above showing what the log she basks on. And there really isn’t anything else in there that would be sharp. I have another log that’s shorter and rounder but she barely goes on there. I try and make sure to be very careful with her. I’m not sure how she could have got scrapped. Maybe the basking spot is too roughy you think? Maybe she could have rubbed herself on there? If that’s the case does that mean I need to remove it or is it okay to have that in there?
Has she shed recently? You can see on my profile pic, my guy has two little spots that are missing scales on his beard. He did that himself scraping his shed off on his log. I saw one of them happen and saw the little piece of new scale handing in his shed right after he got done aggressively rubbing. Was wondering if that spot on her chin could be from the same sort of thing.?.
Maybe? I haven’t seen her shed yet but hopefully soon. Will baths help shedding? Also how often are you supposed to bathe?
Hi; we rescue and rehome. Your Beardies temp needs to be 95-100 for an adult Beardie. Also u need a basking platform the log should be placed in the middle of the tank on the back to get away from the hot & be at a medium lesser temp as a break. Buy him a hammock & place a soft terry cloth on top of it so underneath can be his hideaway to get away from the uvb & to rest; buy a fleece blanket to olace inder so it’s a cozy bed they love fleece/soft. place hammock on the hot side behind the basking light; not too high so he can climb some Beardies are older/weak & were not given proper uvb so they need soft things in the tank so they don’t injure themselves. U need only 2lights for Beardies during the day a Reptisun 10.0 T5 for UVB ( Which needs replacing every 6Mnths); the length u order has to cover 70 percent of the tank and a CLEAR zoomed basking bulb for Heat. In the winter u leave them both on 10-12 hours & in the summer 12-14 hours per day. At night pure dark and quiet u can buy a ceramic heat emitter 60watt for warmth at nite. Never ever use coiled or colored bulbs. The Reptisuns are not offered at petco or Petsmart only at fancy pet stores, breeding reptile stores, Amazon, wallmart and Carolina costum cages. U can feed Dubia roaches also ans always a plate of greens/veggies everyday. Mustard, collard greens, dandelions, yellow squash, butternut squash, endives, snap peas & green beans cut them up for him too obviously. Hope this helps but get the temp up the best for heat is zoomed clear basking bulb if u have a 40gallon tank that’s 18inchea high; u should use a 75 or 100 watt and olace Beardie 12-14 inches from it that’s why u buy a basking platform or soft pet pillows to raise him to be close to the heat about 10-12 inches mine are 14 away from an 18inch high cage & my temp in the home is set for 70 degrees
Got it thank you. I have the correct lights coming in on Saturday that I had to get online. I will fix up her enclosure for sure once they come in. Thank you.
Can I see how your set up looks like?
I think bathing may vary according to beardie. I've heard lots of dos and donts. During a shed I try to give him a soak every day just to help soften it up and help it come off easier (and it's the only time he seems to actually want to be in the water). Otherwise, I only tend to give him a bath every third day as he's not very fond of them.
