Merauke BTS with scale
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If you are wondering if your BTS is acting normally or might be sick, this is where you can get help with that.
This is also where you can have some FUN while sharing the enjoyment you get from your blueys!
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AVA NJ
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Merauke BTS with scale
My 3 year old Merauke just started having very raised scales that are soft to the touch and an inflamed pink stomach, All thoughts turn to scale rot but the advice on treating it isn't clear and with such a tropical species of skink I am afraid to drastically lower the humidity as everyone recommends to do with Northerns and Easterns. I have attached pictures and all advice is very welcome. In 20 years of keeping lizards and snakes I have never seen anything like this before. Getting to an exotic vet is very difficult where I am during normal times, forget about during the current situation.
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Re: Merauke BTS with scale
Remove and trash your substrate. Disinfect the enclosure. Clean the affected areas with an antiseptic such as Betadine, and then apply a triple antibiotic ointment. Do this daily and keep your skink on clean paper towels until hopefully you see an improvement in a week or two.
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AVA NJ
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Re: Merauke BTS with scale
ok, wll do. Its definitely rot right?
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Re: Merauke BTS with scale
Yes, it appears to be. Here is a recent thread worth reading...viewtopic.php?f=4&t=32212
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Re: Merauke BTS with scale
Agree 100%. Hopefully, with the betadine and triple antibiotic, it will clear up on its own. If not, you may have to take to the vet for stronger antibiotics.
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