Baby wont eat, has mucos (sp) around his mouth

[Derteufel]

Changed his substrate (repti somethin) wasnt cedar or pine but slightly scented. the first day he got a big dirt clot in his mouth on the right side. I noticed a few days later when handling him that it was still there. I cleaned it out, big peice, lots of mucos, and he opened his mouth a few times and went about it. Today when feeding him and noticed theres mucos still. A little hole through it where his tongue pokes through. No dirt, just slime. He can open his mouth but he doesnt look too happy and im afraid he wont eat because of it and I dont want it to get worse. Ive changed the substrate back to coconut bark.

[JeffJ]

Resperatory Infection or mouth rot. either or it needs to see a vet ASAP.

[DrEwTiMe]

Absolutly vet now! Both of those can become pretty serious if not attended to right away

[Derteufel]

Ya, looking closer at it, its very mild and looks like the beginnings or mouth rot. Here I go.

[DrEwTiMe]

poor little guy..Keep us updated, hope all goes well!

[Derteufel]

poor little guy..Keep us updated, hope all goes well!

We are at the vet now. Got a shot and some stuff ti take home. Developing resp infection. Pulled some more dirt or of his mouth too

[llovelace]

Good deal , keep us posted on his progress

[Derteufel]

Ive been shooting him with his antibiotics and let him soak today, also got him some hotter bulbs and am pretty much baking him. He hanigng in there, his mouth opens quite freely now but theres still a lot of saliva. Its a bit clearer no than white. The shots suck but hes a good sport. I let him soak in warm water today for 5 - 8 minutes, he loved it. He seems to be very comfortable with me and when I handle him, basiaclly cupped in my hands, he heats up and wont sit still.

[llovelace]

You only want his hot side temp to be around 94, you don't want to cook him, keep his humidity around 65-70%

[Derteufel]

Of course, the hot side. Its around 98*. the vet was like 100*.