finally some good pics and a health/skin question...

[zoo*keeper*19]

so Ill start out with the question... so being new at this, I felt that I had researched quite a bit about the animals and figured out everything I needed to know to start this, now im realizing i probably should have looked into skin issues... My 4 month old dragon has a spot that the lady I bought him from said was just the last of him shedding... ive had him, well i guess for only 4 days, but it doesnt seem to be changing... its flaky and dry although it doesnt seem to bother him much. I gave him a bath yesterday which seemed to help a little, as some of it came off and the spot looks a little better... I guess im just curious if anyones dealt with this before if theres anything I can do to help him in the case that it IS just shedding... or if I should just make a vet appt. granted ill probably do that anyway as hes new and should be checked over.
Heres a pic of the spot

Now onto the best part the other pictures!!

 

[Brett]

Kinda hard to tell but to me kinda looks like scar tissue from a bad shed or a burn.

 

[Jp]

It does look like a burn. Do you know how big the previous enclosure was & was the dragon able 2 get close 2 the basking light?

 

[Jp]

By the way, great pics. Keep em coming!

 

[zoo*keeper*19]

I saw pictures of the enclosure, online, in her ad a few weeks before i saw it in person and it was the same enclosure/setup both times, there was no way he got that close to it. I had to buy a new basking spot/log because he actually wasnt even close enough to get up to the proper temperature to bask in. :/ the woman said she had had him for only 3 months, and bought the 40gal enclosure 3 months ago, so i would assume it was the same one. but of course who knows, she did have two very little (2-5 y/o) boys as well, so that I can not account for. but I would agree that it does look like a burn, Ill try to get a better pic of it, but thats mainly why I was asking, because from what I can see it doesnt look quite like his regular "pattern" continues in that area... hmm.

 

[Brett]

Id say burn who knows how long ago it couldve happened

 

[zoo*keeper*19]

wow, I took some close up pictures of the spot, and because of the pictures i think it is a burn! it looks so much worse in these close ups! (

I noticed that it looked like his last few spikes were not there but I usually cant see more than the top of him... :/ oh now i feel so bad.

 

[Jp]

I've never dealt with a burn b4 but I think I read that Neosporin can b used.

 

[Jp]

Maybe a bite from a cricket that got infected.

 

[Brett]

Ya i heard neosporin also are you sure you temp gage is right in your setup you said you put a taller log in his viv. Id dbl check you temp. Or did you notice it when you got him

 

[Brett]

is there any fluid comeing out of it cant tell if its dry or a moist wond

 

[zoo*keeper*19]

I noticed it the day I got him and its been dry and flakey the whole time.

 

[Brett]

ya i don't think its a infection then had to be scar tissue from a burn or perhaps a old infection. I wouldn't worry to much about it the only thing i foresee is perhaps issues when it comes to shedding you might have to assist him in that area

 

[Jp]

Definitely start treating the area with an antibiotic ointment. I'm not sure what the original source of wound was but in all the other pics I see a happy, healthy & alert dragon.

 

[zoo*keeper*19]

awesome thanks guys! makes me feel a lot better!