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I gathered up the Uros (5) for a soak and I dont really see george much, he doesnt like people and he spends most of fall and winter sleeping in his cave so I mostly leave him alone exept checking that he's doing ok in there.
So I put them all in the sink with warm water and let them soak then when I went to return tehm to theri enclosers I felt a hard spot of georges side. he lives alone in his cage but it felt and looked like what I would expect to see if another Uro had nipped him on the side I looked him over and both elbows hav thick spots shedding off and underneath is white skin
PICTURES HERE
http://photobucket.com/albums/v440/UroJade/George/

his cage is 6x2x2 and long he has built in caves and basking spots made of woods covered in concrete he had a sand an dirt mix in the bottom but i took it out becuase the florr is to shallow to keep it from drying out. so until i make a litterdam the floor is bare. He cant reach to any of his lights I use regular house bulbs for the basking spots and have 2 18inch uvbs one over each basking spot
he eats mostly collard greens and squash/or sweet potato in the winter (bad selection at the store) sometimes I can find turnip greens
in the summer he gets squash.collards,turnip, mustard greens, dandelion,
green peas as a treat and iguana pellets if i run out of greens and cant get out to get some.
he lives along and has only had supervise contact witha trio of females (im trying to figured out haw he'll act towards them if I move them in perminantly)

Looking at the photos of george- I would certainly investigate all the sores and injuries that are apparent on his body.
His side shows signs of possible localized infection as well. Generally once the injury has shed and the underlying tissue is white, that is scar tissue, and is generally healed.

Please heed this warning. Most reptiles can conceal very substantial and problematic disease until very well advanced. Get the areas checked for bactierial and fungal infections. I just lost a beautiful Egyptian due to Blister disease with secondary complications. Being that we are heading into the brumation period this is a very critical time and I do not know if I would suggest lowering temps until the lesions clear.

Goood luck.
Ed

>>I gathered up the Uros (5) for a soak and I dont really see george much, he doesnt like people and he spends most of fall and winter sleeping in his cave so I mostly leave him alone exept checking that he's doing ok in there.
>>So I put them all in the sink with warm water and let them soak then when I went to return tehm to theri enclosers I felt a hard spot of georges side. he lives alone in his cage but it felt and looked like what I would expect to see if another Uro had nipped him on the side I looked him over and both elbows hav thick spots shedding off and underneath is white skin
>>PICTURES HERE
>>http://photobucket.com/albums/v440/UroJade/George/
>>
>>his cage is 6x2x2 and long he has built in caves and basking spots made of woods covered in concrete he had a sand an dirt mix in the bottom but i took it out becuase the florr is to shallow to keep it from drying out. so until i make a litterdam the floor is bare. He cant reach to any of his lights I use regular house bulbs for the basking spots and have 2 18inch uvbs one over each basking spot
>>he eats mostly collard greens and squash/or sweet potato in the winter (bad selection at the store) sometimes I can find turnip greens
>>in the summer he gets squash.collards,turnip, mustard greens, dandelion,
>>green peas as a treat and iguana pellets if i run out of greens and cant get out to get some.
>>he lives along and has only had supervise contact witha trio of females (im trying to figured out haw he'll act towards them if I move them in perminantly)

i would definitely have a vet look at it. at the beginning of this semester hugo had a hard spot on his side and it was whitish and it ended up being an infection. not sure from what because i have never seen aggression between him and helga. i sent off for labs since he lived with another lizard but that was really expensive but you could always just ask the vet to try the antibiotics first and see if it helps.

if anyone touched the spot, hugo would grunt really hard and try to run and he never runs from people. other than that he acted like it wasn't even there. good luck and let us know
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vonnie
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