help mouth rot

[labelleninirose]

please tell there is a good chance she survives...I am so worried ....

[JeffJ]

she will be just fine, i recommend seeing a vet rather then treating it your self. as it can get worse.

[labelleninirose]

I havnt seen any black stuff...just near the nose is where she is irritated. she looks really lethargic all of a sudden!

[labelleninirose]

oh yes no worries! ill miss all the time in the world she is going to a vet next week! she ate on tuesday but Im not sure if the irritation was ther or not. should I bump up the heat?

[JeffJ]

oh yes no worries! ill miss all the time in the world she is going to a vet next week! she ate on tuesday but Im not sure if the irritation was ther or not. should I bump up the heat?

no, the only real recommendation for mouth rot is if you catch it early enough and are capable is self treatment by cleansing the wound daily with diluted peroxide. however if its bleeding i think a vet visit is called for.

[labelleninirose]

yeah it bleeded a little....and like I said a small piece of flesh came off. so is there really a good chance she survives? im still going to keep on the peroxide swabbing everyday..like 2-3 times daily. and monday im calling the vet and hope to get an appointement before friday. i just want her to survive.

[DZBReptiles]

Really to hard to tell from the photos. Mouth rot is usually caused by stress and dirty cage conditions/nasty water or a lodged piece of substrate in the mouth. You said she ate on Tuesday. Do you feed live or F/T? It is not uncommon for animals to injure their mouths while feeding. I have seen them slam the side of a tub so hard the lower jaw swelled up. I have also had them hit the end of the feeding tongs. Either way I would do a good cage cleaning and replace the substrate with paper towel. Clean and refill the water bowl. Try and let him or her have some alone time. The less you mess/stress him the better. The peroxide once or twice a day should be more then enough to stave off any infection until and most importantly you get him to the vet. Good luck and don't worry. Jeff

[labelleninirose]

ill give you my setup
40 gal breeder
subtrate is repti carpet
has a hide on the warm side and cool side
2 water bowl with fresh water each day
warm side is 90-92 f
cool side is 77 f
I have a UTH on the warm side
also have branchs and fake plants

she eats frozen thawed
I just cleaned her tank on tuesday when I fed her

humidity is alway around 50%

what am i doing wrong

she seems lethargic...and I promise she is going to the vet! ill borrow money if I have too but she is going!

[Kaorte]

your cool side is pretty low, should be more around 80-85*F. I would personally ditch that carpet and go with aspen, paper towels or newspaper

Why on earth do you need two water bowls? lol

You said she seems lethargic, what is she normally like?

[labelleninirose]

well I dont know why I have 2 water bowls...i just left it like that. why ditch the carpet? whats wrong with it?

she is usually a little more active than she is now...but again she is going to shed real soon!