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I don't see much of my WC male Mali in the winter. I don't change his heating situation in the winter. I am not trying to brumate him, but he still seems to go very inactive through the winter. I feed as normal, some days he eats some days not.

He eats a variety of greens including turnip greens and Spring mix salad. NO bugs.

I heard him rattling around to day so i went to take a look.

He seems to have a skin problem.

Incase pics don't show copy and paste these links.

http://www.geocities.com/raygat/spot1.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/raygat/spot2.jpg

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Pic where he is being held is about two years ago.

Wow that is strange. I do not keep uro'a, ima a beardie person myself. I honestly dont have suggestions for you, it looks almost like sap on his skin. I would say vet asap.

I would get him to your vet as soon as possible. That looks like a blister disease or a form of... ,

I would not wait any longer but get him to a vet. That looks pretty sore, and seems to be in several areas, oozy, and bloody and blistery looking.

Don't mess with it, they can go down hill real fast, also is quite painful.
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PHEve / Eve

Good point Eve.

For starters,
Isolate it to a sanitized tank with a paper substrate.
Get an appointment going with your vet ASAP.
They will likely do skin scrapings of the affected
areas. Maybe a blood work up as well.

In the meantime, do not medicate until the vet gives
you the ok. Doing so might contaminate the lab's
findings.

John

Really serious problem.
Lost two beautiful uros to this same problem.
Almost lost a third. John's advice is crucial!
This appears to be very, very, contagious infection.
The only thing that appeared to work,after much testing and much money, was baytril. Subcutaneous injections for 4 weeks.
The skin that is affected will scar most severely.
Various ointments will assist in the healing and spread of infected tissue.
This spreads quickly, and time is crucial.
In my case labs were inconclusive 3(!!!!) times.
4 site biopsies, blood work, resubmitted scrapings, etc....
So a more specific antibiotic was not used.
I say this alot...but good luck. This is a very tough infection to fight.
Best wishes.
Ed

>>Good point Eve.
>>
>>For starters,
>>Isolate it to a sanitized tank with a paper substrate.
>>Get an appointment going with your vet ASAP.
>>They will likely do skin scrapings of the affected
>>areas. Maybe a blood work up as well.
>>
>>In the meantime, do not medicate until the vet gives
>>you the ok. Doing so might contaminate the lab's
>>findings.
>>
>>John