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Hello everyone!

Recently I received young U. ocellata, and immediately after I took it out of the box I noticed unsightly white to yellowish incrustations along it's lips. Short investigation and a trip to a vet resulted in quick diagnose: lizard has Hyperkeratotic dermatitis A.K.A. "crusty lip disease" which is apparently quite common in Uromastyx species.
As I got very little information on succesful treatmen of that disease, and vet seemed unsure what to recommend (apart from "usual" baytril injections and application of some general-purpose antibacterial ointment), I decided to ask here if someone has experience with it.
Thank you all very much in advance!

Greetings,
Nino

I've noticed this disease in both U. dispar maliensis and U. dispar dispar.

It doesn't seem to cause any real problems.

If you like, you can clean off the "crust" with a dental plaque pick and apply some Polysporin to the underlying tissue.

Update:

My vet took a sample of "crusts" around the mouth of the infected lizards, and sent it to professor Martel in Belgium (prof. An Martel is member of a team of scientists that isolated, described and named new bacterium Devriesea agamarum responsible for hyperkeratotic dermatitis, internal organs failure and septicaemia in desert lizards) for analysis. Just this morning I received test results of laboratory analysis, and, unfortunately, it is confirmed that my lizard is infected with notorious D. agamarum. Good news is that the very same team of scientists who discovered D. agamarum also managed to design succesful treatment of the disease, and prof. Martel was kind enough to supply ample advice on what medications to use.