Worried what this might be...

[Jesse Longley]

Hello,

My bearded lady is just over a year and 1 month old. She has always been in perfect health with exception to a damaged tail end before I got her. It was perfectly healed when I bought her. She has presented the past month with a round white spot on her head. It is not shed. The scales themselves are white/cloudy transparent. Now it has spread to the same side of her head just on the side of the beard. I have checked her all over for signs of yellow fungus but I do not see any indication. She still eats regularly, moves around, and shows no other signs of discomfort. I checked her bones and looked for any signs of mbd but found no evidence that it was occurring. When it first occurred I did about a week of antifungal cream on it with no results. She takes calcium regularly and has a varied diet of greens, veggies, crickets, and XL meal worms.

 

[PatsyB]

Honestly it looks like shed to me. Sometimes they get this real thick white shed that is a ***** to come off. When dragons get older they start to just shed random spots at a time rather than their whole body at once. You can see in her picture that her back is darker and her belly and her right arm are a whitish color, that's what shed looks like.

If you are really worried take her to a vet but I would try starting with a warm bath and rub a soft toothbrush over her.

 

[Jesse Longley]

She is definitely about to shed on some other spots, like you said. Hopefully this is just one of those really thick spots you are talking about. I am going to keep applying the antifungal just in case but I was just looking for any possible answers. I am not worried enough for the vet yet because she is showing no signs of discomfort or temperament change.

 

[PatsyB]

I really wouldn't apply the anti fungal cream without having a vet look at it. It's very harsh and could cause a burn if not applied for the proper reasons.

 

[Jesse Longley]

Thank you for your response though. I have a degree in biology so I can usually diagnose and treat things like this easily but when in doubt get some other opinions. Sometimes experience out does book smarts anyway.

 

[Jesse Longley]

This is a very low dose 1% concentrate. I made sure to get just a light topical.

 

[Hdrydr31]

This is the shedding process.. NOT a fungal issue at all.. When they are adults they will shed in little bits and pieces here and there.. My male will shed a toe here and there a bottom lip 1 ear hole and so on.. Please just let the process happen naturally.. You can put 100% pure aloe on the areas or in the bath water. Deep sheds can take awhile before they fall off.