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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• How to heal a monitor? - razaiel, Sat Aug 12 08:15:16 2006
• RE: How to heal a monitor? - razaiel, Sat Aug 12 08:22:13 2006
• RE: Consider this - FR, Sat Aug 12 09:16:06 2006
• Well - I think he is healthy ... - razaiel, Sat Aug 12 11:30:40 2006
• RE: lets try another approach - FR, Sat Aug 12 11:42:38 2006
• RE: lets try another approach - ginebig, Sat Aug 12 12:00:14 2006
• RE: lets try another approach - razaiel, Sat Aug 12 13:45:59 2006
• RE: lets try another approach - FR, Sat Aug 12 13:52:58 2006
• RE: lets try another approach - razaiel, Sun Aug 13 00:34:26 2006
• RE: lets try another approach - jburokas, Sun Aug 13 16:50:25 2006
• RE: lets try another approach - razaiel, Mon Aug 14 02:15:42 2006