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BTS Anyone seen this develop on belly?

iLife Apr 04, 2011 05:56 PM

Blue tongue had this develop across lower abdomen. Known causes?

She has since passed after fourteen years but lived in various substrates, most often newspaper. Her diet was mostly crickets (live and canned) with additional fruit and meat sources always with Rep-Cal calcium and multivitamins. This Xmas finally offered frozen pinkies which she loved as well for about the first three but then stopped eating them if offered.

When this materialized I thought she had a nasty abrasion from a bark hide-box and suspected it would go away after a shed or two if I removed some interior objects as her behavior/vigor never changed until about a week or two ago; I noticed she was hiding more than usual at "sun up"and went off her food.

Thank you for any similar experiences that may provide information.
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Jeremy Pierce Apr 05, 2011 11:19 AM

It looks like a bacterial infection to me. Definitely get it to the vet and get it checked out. I've seen it in snakes before and if left untreated the scales and skin will begin to rot off. Just my opinion. Take it for what it's worth.

PHLdyPayne Apr 07, 2011 02:59 PM

It looks like a severe case of either scale rot/infection or a burn that has started to get infected...Only other thing it reminds me is yellow fungus disease...but I have only seen this in bearded dragons, not blue tongue skinks.

Giving how severe it is, its likely been on the skink for awhile before noticed. It could be caused by abrasions that became infected, or burns from a hot rock or undertank heater. A vet should have been consulted as soon as it was noticed...especially if a good portion of the belly was like this when it was noticed and the skink was no longer active/eating.

As I believe you said it has already died..nothing can be done now, other than re-evaluating your setup, if you still have skinks in similar conditions as this one was in. If I misread and its still alive, get it to a vet asap.
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