My 8 year old beardie has been having some problems for some time now. About a month ago, we had a power outage. Being from the northeast, it got Incredibly cold in my reptile room and unfortunately, my husband and i both had to work all day. The power was off for 14 hours....luckily we got it back that night, when most of the state was out for days.
Anyway, my reptile room dropped down to around 50. While most of my herps did well, and the incubator suffered no losses, My rescued Whites tree frog and my elderly beardie were hit pretty bad.
Indie had had a small mass on her rear leg that i assumed was a tumor, although it had been seemingly going away. Due to the cold and stress of the outage, though, it doubled in size. Once i realized it was an abscess (i have worked with rehabing reptiles for years, and am a bit skilled in rudementary vet care) i decided to lance and drain it. The infection was bad, but indie did not struggle, and most of the pus came out all at once. I cleaned the wound with a 50/50 mix of h2o2 and water, put a bit of neosporin on the incisions and bandaged her leg up, so the incisions would stay open. I repeated this process for 4 days. After the seeping had stopped, i let the wound stay open and dry. Then, though, it seemed to become inflamed and the infection came back a bit (no antibiotics...). Now, don't get mad here. Understand that i saved her life as a baby...she is a double amputee and she is missing her tail. I have had an amazing 8 years with her, but i have no car and the nearest decent herp vet is in the next state. Otherwise, she would have gone already....i digress...
So, when the infection came back, i got some chlorohexadine from a friend. I diluted that and flushed out the wounds again. It's 3 days later, and her incisions are necrotic. I was cleaning the area last night and the skin peeled back to the muscle. I am at a major loss right now. I cannot get baytril without a RX. I found a 'reptile food' with 2 types of antibacterial/antibiotic in it and am having it shipped 2 day air.
Here is the other hitch: She is actually eating better than she was when she had the abscess. The infection is gone....but the necrosis is probably way worse....I dont know what to do now. I will keep her hydrated and as long as she is eating i will not worry too much. (thats a lie).
She is bright eyed now and much more aware than before. I have re-covered her wounds with a sterile gauze bandage and neosporin so her muscle won't dry out...i will purchase some saline solution and pedialyte (although she drinks well, i think maybe it wil help her heal better...)
ANY suggestions will help. Please don't tear me down about this. I feel horrible, but i have brought so many animals back to life that should have died...what do you do when a vet isnt an option?
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1.0 ball python- Azazel
0.1 creamsicle corn- Pandora
0.1 motley ghost stripe corn- Raven
0.4 leos- Boji, Sanjae, fae and Kodama
0.1 beardie- Indie
1.1 crested gecko- Jubeh and Inari
0.1 leucistic texas ratsnake-Ojo
1.0 whites tree frog- Sifaka
0.1 Transe pecos ratsnake- Cleo
0.1 Senegal chameleon- Ambaji
1.0 Ruthven's X Thaeri king- Kemushi
0.1 pacific parrolet- Mishka
1.1 cats- Cairo and Oberon
0.0.4 crab people
1.0 Husband (hes my favorite, but i dont let the 'kids' know that. 
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