Help!!

[basuca]

hello people. ok here is the deal, my female just went in to shed and today wen I went and chek on her she was done, has I pik her up to clean her tube I see that her mouth was red. has I open her mouth to see what is the matter, her mouth have a line of blod on her uper manduble. I have a pic but is not clear.
http://i11.tinypic.com/2v9zq5w.jpg
Im very scared and woried so any help you can give me will be apresiated

[basuca]

BTW the realy RED part is the blod on her mouth
I pray it with water to see if it will wash of but it dint

[Kizerk]

i think you should make an appointment with your vet

[tmlowe5704]

The pic is real blurry so I don't think any of us could guess anyway. Time for a vet trip!

[basuca]

that will be a problem, the vet. it is hard to fiend one. but I will talk to mom to see what she say to me, but the line of blod if like her gum is fill with blod or something

[dr del]

Hi,


Yeah sadly the pic is too blurry for anyone to be sure what it is

Did she rub her face against something sharp in her tank when she was starting to remove the shed and cut herself ?

Is it still bleeding? - might be worth waiting an hour or so if the bleeding has already stopped then cleaning it VERY gently so you can see exactly how bad it is. To clean it I'd try a slightly damp cue-tip ( I think thats what their called) but you would need to be confident that you could be gentle enough not to cause any further damage or that it wouldn't stress her out too much.

The vet is always a good idea as a course of antibiotics can prevent small cuts and scrapes turning into something worse so easily.

hope it's nothing you have to worry about too much.



dr del

[basuca]

she isint bleedin I wash her mouth with water and nothing come out(dops or blood) and the cut or thing is inside her mouth. is like her gum is fill with blood. I will shek tomorrow and see if she is better, and offer her a mouse(do you think is a good idea o give her food)

[dr del]

Oh right - sorry I didn't get what you meant. Re-reading your post I see you explained that so my bad.


Well if it was me I wouldn't feed her untill I knew if I was going to have to disturb her for a vet trip or not. Might be an idea to try and get someone to help you get a better picture so the folks who know more than me can say what they think it is.

It could just be an irritated area where the old skin detatched - or even a blood vessel, without the pics It's just speculation really

Play about with the camera for a bit with something else in your hand to see if there is anything you can improve - the one I have doesn't do close up very well but if I hold it further away I can zoom in and get a slightly better pic.



dr del

[basuca]

Thx for all your help, today I chek her up and she is better no sing of a cut or blod. I think it was wen she rub her self to take the skin of. again thx for you time and help