Help!!! Yesterday when i went to feed my veiled i noticed about a 1" of a 4" part of his dorsal crest lifting up off of his back. It is pink, raw, and wet. It comes from about 1 month ago he went into shedding, when after about 2 weeks, i noticed that someof his skin on his dorsal crest had not come off and had turned black. I immediately turned up the humidity and started using that shed off spray. Day by day the area became smaller and smaller, but it was getting extremely dry. The next thing i know apart of it lifted up. I just got laid off and don't have the money for a vet. I started using an antibiotic on it. Today he only ate 1 worm instead of 4, and has not drank as much as he is use to. I am new to lizards and thought i did my homework, but i never thought about shedding being a problem. Did i use too much shed off? I used it everyother day for about 2 weeks. Help, i am really worried.
debbys
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Veiled losing his Dorsal Crest
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Sounds like perhaps parts of him are dying off, possibly due to retained shed cutting circulation? Can you post an image? Open sores are, obviously, of great concern. Change in feeding habits and attitude are also clear warning signs. Get to a vet!
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Sandra
BC Canada
I am new to this post, how do i post a photo?
debbys
At the top of the page, there are a number of "tabs"
click on the Photos tab, which will take you to the Pet Hobbyist area
click upload photos which is about a third down on the screen (well I guess that depends on your screen resolution actually) -its just above the red title bar.
Actually you may need to registerlogin first, use same login and password as you did to post messages to the forum. It's free to something like 10MB. Then click upload photos.
Choose a category (under reptiles, youll find lizards, chameleons).
Browse to the picture. the pic needs to be a jpg or gif, and you should resize them so they're not too huge. Give it a name and description (this will help you and others know which pic is which later) then click upload.
Once you've got photos uploaded, go back to the forum (tab at top of page) and post a message - you'll now be able to select from a list of your pictures, just above where you click to post.
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Sandra
BC Canada
