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Wound on beardie's feet

Pedroluna0

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Hello, I was giving my beardie a bath the other day and when I was drying him off, I noticed these 2 wounds on his front legs. The left one looks worse than the right. Is this something that I can take care of at home? I don't have the money for a vet at the moment...
 

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Pedroluna0

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Hello, I was giving my beardie a bath the other day and when I was drying him off, I noticed these 2 wounds on his front legs. The left one looks worse than the right. Is this something that I can take care of at home? I don't have the money for a vet at the moment...

I have this custom enclosure I made him (currently, the flat platform and rock are switched so the flat platform is his new basking spot). Pics are posted along with the wounds. I don't leave any crickets or insects in the enclosure and there's nothing sharp in there. I make sure he either eats all insects or they're put away in their own container. For uvb, I'm using a reptisun t5 10.0 bulb thats 46" long and a 150w bulb for basking. Max temp directly under his basking platform is about 110°F, but he moves to wherever he wants.

He has jumped from my shoulder unexpectedly a few times, so my main concern is maybe a fracture...
 

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Sadie

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Hello, I was giving my beardie a bath the other day and when I was drying him off, I noticed these 2 wounds on his front legs. The left one looks worse than the right. Is this something that I can take care of at home? I don't have the money for a vet at the moment...

I have this custom enclosure I made him (currently, the flat platform and rock are switched so the flat platform is his new basking spot). Pics are posted along with the wounds. I don't leave any crickets or insects in the enclosure and there's nothing sharp in there. I make sure he either eats all insects or they're put away in their own container. For uvb, I'm using a reptisun t5 10.0 bulb thats 46" long and a 150w bulb for basking. Max temp directly under his basking platform is about 110°F, but he moves to wherever he wants.

He has jumped from my shoulder unexpectedly a few times, so my main concern is maybe a fracture...
You want the basking distance of your T 5 atleast 12-15 inches -- I was looking to see what the cause would be -- and I am not seeing anything so this is strange -- so the wound appeared after the jump?
 

Pedroluna0

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Also, the enclosure measures 16" in height and the uvb is at the max height and zip tied at an angle to reach a good amount of the enclosure, especially in the basking area.
 

Sadie

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Also, the enclosure measures 16" in height and the uvb is at the max height and zip tied at an angle to reach a good amount of the enclosure, especially in the basking area.
Anything closer than 12" is too strong for a T 5-- take the UVB out of the tank and place on top of screen its open holed enough that the rays will get thru it - the basking distance should be 8-10 inches for on top of screen
 

Pedroluna0

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Anything closer than 12" is too strong for a T 5-- take the UVB out of the tank and place on top of screen its open holed enough that the rays will get thru it - the basking distance should be 8-10 inches for on top of screen
Uvb is more than 12 inches for sure. And I think if the basking light goes any closer, it'll be too hot. It's reading at about 110°F directly under the bulb.
 

Sadie

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Uvb is more than 12 inches for sure. And I think if the basking light goes any closer, it'll be too hot. It's reading at about 110°F directly under the bulb.
your basking light is fine as long as the temps are 95-110-- its the UVB thats too strong they give no heat -- the rays would be too strong if the distance is closer than 12 inches it ifs more than 12 your good -- it looks closer in the pic -- :)
 
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