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GaiasPriestess
at Mon Nov 23 02:36:37 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by GaiasPriestess ]
He does have large spurs, which is not uncommon for male BP's, but they are thinner and more bony looking than normal. His are usually a little more keratinous-looking... they look a little more like claws on a dog I suppose, rather than bones, which is what they look like right now. I think they just look really dried out.
I think I may have found the problem, in that my UTH hasn't been on for who knows how long--the switch on the power strip was turned off, I probably did it and didn't realize it. So he's only had supplemental heat during the day. We don't keep it cold in our house because I like it warm, so it's not enough to cause serious damage (about 70), but I think if it went on for much longer I'd see some worse effects, possibly necrotic dermatitis from him laying in his wet box.
Now that I've fixed the UTH problem (and going to buy some permanent thermometers when I go out to the vet this week), I wonder if I should just give him a good soak in warm water. I did read on one site to soak a BP in diluted betadine if it is suspected that they have dermatitis, which is the only thing I can think of it possibly being, even though his belly isn't pink, but I'm not sure if that's safe.
I think I will still take him in just to be sure, my vet usually only charges for a recheck even if he hasn't seen the animal in months (he gets a lot of business from me between my cat almost dying at the beginning of the year and my rabbit having cardiomyopathy). Rather be safe than sorry. I'm pretty attached to my cold-blooded son. Thanks for posting, I'll post again with what the vet says on Tuesday.
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1.0 rescued ball python
1.1 house rabbits
1.0 significant other
2.0 house cats
0.1 rescued Am. Staff. terrier mix
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RE: Picture - GaiasPriestess, Mon Nov 23 02:36:37 2009