Infected?? What do I do???

theblueplatypus · Valued Member Joined: May 01, 2007 Posts: 110

Okay so Dozers been shedding horribly blah blah blah. Finally now I can see patches of skin that are actually skin and not dead! However through this whole shedding process (which consisted of 5 sheds in total) I have never pulled any skin off the tip of his tail. Now the most of it is normal red skin still flaking a little bit, then there is a patch of white, then there is a patch of dark pink, then the very very tip had a black spot on it. I hope he's not loosing his tail! when I tried to break at it with my fingernail he started to freak out and tried jumping out of the bathtub, so I think it hurts. Also after the bath was over I pulled him out and wrapped him in a towel and he made a lunge or something but he blew air out his nose and bubbles came out and it sounded like there were more in his passageways by the sound of his breathing. I hope to God this isn't a respiratory infection? I phoned my vet and found that he will be gone until Tuesday but I talked to his partner (Whom has very little training with reptiles) and she thinks his tail is infected but had nothing to say about his nose.
Help please what do I do?>

Bill_S · Member Joined: Dec 10, 2004 Posts: 56

He may have just gulped/snorted some water into his nose and throat and was clearing it. Check out my pm.

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