From what my dad has told me, he went to his friend's house down the street and saw that he had a lizard that "looked like a tortoise without a shell, and with a spiky tail (a Uromastyx of some sort). I have pieced together the information that he has given me to make me conclude that the lizard has a skin infection. Is there any way this could be treated without having to take it to the vet? Would something as simple as neosporin work? He also said it didn't look like the reptile had a heat lamp or a UV lamp (though he said it was moving around a lot). He also said that while he/she had fresh greens in the tank, there was also a lot of rotten old greens, so much that you couldn't see what was being used as substrate. I think my dad also said that the tank it was in was only about 10 gallons, without a top, and the guy said something like "I have a 30 or 40 gallon one somewhere".



From what my dad said, besides the infection it doesn't look like a lost cause. If you do think I could save the little guy with some sort of antibiotic, and of course the larger tank (the guy said I could have it if I wanted the lizard), and of course a heat lamp or two, a UV lamp, and some cage accessories, probably something pretty steril like paper towels on the ground and other stuff until I could nurse it back to health.



I think I'm going to try to go get a look at it tomorrow, so I could probably get you more information then on whether or not I actually think it might be worth it, but I wanted to hear your opinions. I think basically if I don't try to help the animal (or at least get it to someone who can), he's probably just going to keep throwing food into the cage and let it live as long as it can. It's already lived for two years, but I think he probably cared for it better when he first got him/her. By the way, I have a bearded dragon and have a lot of experience treating him for parasites, maintaining good living conditions, and spoiling him rotten.



Please send me your advice. I was thinking about adopting a pair of leopard geckos I had my eye on, but if you think I should, I would gladly put my time into fixing this guy up.



-ryan

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