Duane Howell
Hatchling Dragon
- Messages
- 37
- Location
- Manaba kzn South Africa
Hi hello .
I need some reassuring or advise to a problem I've got with a rescue beardie. he is 8 years old, but I've only had him for three months now. I got him with what looks like a hard protrusion on the lower jaw tip. It is not really a lump, but looks rather like a old injury he might have had which has formed a hard scar tissue spot/area. There is no discharge or bleeding from it. It is discoloured a bit and tried cleaning with chlorahexadine a few time which he doesn't mind me doing, but still looks the same darker brown than the rest of the jaw line.There are scales on the area, and I think or hope the discolouration is due to him snout rubbing for most of his life at the previous owner. I've been reading allot and asking various "experts" regarding this, and most say metabolic bone disease. He gets calcium supplements more than he should be getting for his age, He's under a the correct lighting ect... temps are fine... the only problem could be humidity as I stay on the coast. Goes up to 70% sometimes. I'm busy sorting that out. Apart from this hard area there is no other signs/symptoms of mbd. He is very healthy and active apart from this worrying spot on his jaw. Does anybody have or might have had something similar that turned out to be nothing? Any advise will be greatly appreciated. And feel free to ask questions about the dragon....
I need some reassuring or advise to a problem I've got with a rescue beardie. he is 8 years old, but I've only had him for three months now. I got him with what looks like a hard protrusion on the lower jaw tip. It is not really a lump, but looks rather like a old injury he might have had which has formed a hard scar tissue spot/area. There is no discharge or bleeding from it. It is discoloured a bit and tried cleaning with chlorahexadine a few time which he doesn't mind me doing, but still looks the same darker brown than the rest of the jaw line.There are scales on the area, and I think or hope the discolouration is due to him snout rubbing for most of his life at the previous owner. I've been reading allot and asking various "experts" regarding this, and most say metabolic bone disease. He gets calcium supplements more than he should be getting for his age, He's under a the correct lighting ect... temps are fine... the only problem could be humidity as I stay on the coast. Goes up to 70% sometimes. I'm busy sorting that out. Apart from this hard area there is no other signs/symptoms of mbd. He is very healthy and active apart from this worrying spot on his jaw. Does anybody have or might have had something similar that turned out to be nothing? Any advise will be greatly appreciated. And feel free to ask questions about the dragon....