A week ago my monitor scratched himself on something in his viv and left a bit of a wound - it seemed nothing much and wasn't even bleeding. It's just that it is now still there - I moved some of his hides around a bit to give him more room to get in and out but I think he keeps catching that bit on something. I've now taken out the actual hide in his cool end and left him a bunch of foliage.

I let him have a large bowl of water so he can submerge himself in it if he wants and he enjoys that - but I wonder now if I should not let him have so much water so it can dry off a bit - but then there's the topsoil - I think that keeps getting into it too because his wound and surrounding skin is soil color. There's no swelling around it but it just seems to be taking a while to heal. I read somewhere else that it's best to just let the wounds be and not put anything on them as monitors heal really fast.

Should I take him to a vet? (which I think would stress him)

Cool end - 82-85
Hot end - 90
Basking spot - 125-130
Humidity - 60%

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