blue tongue skink issues

[tizzle89]

i know this is the wrong forum.. couldnt find the skink forum lol

but heres the issue i have had earley for about a month now.. hes a feisty one with a big tude on him... but now during his shed.. he is very timid and he hasnt eaten in about 3 days maybe 4... he wont even eat his apple sauce which he loves.. hes a milky color all on his belly

no the temp
no the humidity

these are not the issue here since nothing has changed sides the humidity has gone up since he is in shed


is it norm for him to not eat while he is shedding?

[tizzle89]

i know this is the wrong forum.. couldnt find the skink forum lol

but heres the issue i have had earley for about a month now.. hes a feisty one with a big tude on him... but now during his shed.. he is very timid and he hasnt eaten in about 3 days maybe 4... he wont even eat his apple sauce which he loves.. hes a milky color all on his belly

no the temp
no the humidity

these are not the issue here since nothing has changed sides the humidity has gone up since he is in shed


is it norm for him to not eat while he is shedding?

ok so i think i found the issue... i took him out of the cage.. i noticed a swelling on his left upper jaw/lip ...

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so after tryn to clean it out with paper towl since i though it was just dirt.. i noticed a white clump thing inside.. so i took a tooth brush to his mouth

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after doing this.. and him finnaly getting mad enough to bite it.. breaking another tooth.. i gathered my collection of these..

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2 of them are rock hard and a few where just moosh... i need to know what they are... i heared of mouth rot.. but i have no idea if these are a result of this

[redstormlax12]

Im not familiar with skinks, but that seems to be a vet visit problem. You should schedule an appointment as soon as possible.

[tizzle89]

Im not familiar with skinks, but that seems to be a vet visit problem. You should schedule an appointment as soon as possible.

thats just it.. it doesnt match with mouth rot.. even though it ses holes will apear.. there is no discoloring of his <lips> ... its almost like he had an abses tooth .. but then again he teeth are cartilage.. so my wife says.. lol she is the one who lookd up the skink and i lookd up the bp.. keeps things fare imo

a vet bill is to much atm.. only have 50 saved up since valentines came up lol

[j_h_smith]

How's the skink doing now? It's possible it's just food that got stuck. Caused a little irritation. I would watch him closely and see how he's doing.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

[wilomn]

Clean it aggressively with betadine. You can get it at any drug store.

Food and debris often get mashed up in the teeth, which are NOT cartiledge, causing gum irritation. You need to get all the cheesy stuff, both hard and soft, out of the gumline and he should then be fine.

[tizzle89]

Clean it aggressively with betadine. You can get it at any drug store.

Food and debris often get mashed up in the teeth, which are NOT cartiledge, causing gum irritation. You need to get all the cheesy stuff, both hard and soft, out of the gumline and he should then be fine.

i only been feeding him soft food.. but u sound like u no whats up and i did get it all lol he was ever as so kind to bite the tooth brush and the brissels went into the hole n got what i couldnt seem to get.. then he bit it again and broke another tooth out...

will his eeth grow back? he seems to be young and his teeth are very small..

[wilomn]

They do break easily and will regrow naturally. Squirt some betadine up there just to help keep it clean. Even soft food can cause problems if it gets packed in between teeth or in a hole where a tooth is missing. It shouldn't be a big deal if you stay on top of it.

[tizzle89]

They do break easily and will regrow naturally. Squirt some betadine up there just to help keep it clean. Even soft food can cause problems if it gets packed in between teeth or in a hole where a tooth is missing. It shouldn't be a big deal if you stay on top of it.

will do hes in shed atm which tops it all off lol hes really grouchy .. about the shed and im sure his mouth hurts.. i have to wait till tomarow to get the beta-dine..

[tizzle89]

skink is not eating.. or not eating very much. he loves apple sauce and when i put it in there he used to eat all of it within a day.. now it just looks like he goes over and eats a bite or 2 and leaves it till its dry and nasty.. im getting the mouth stuff today and a baby tooth brush just incase he trys to bite it he wont break anymore teeth...

is his eating because of his mouth being the way it is?

also getting chicken baby food... << goes crazy over this