Savannah Monitor skin issue - Page 2

RyanReptile · 04-01-13, 06:55 PM

Wow! Your sav is absolutely stunning

as for his belly if the previous owner kept his enclosure very wet or dirty it might have caused the sale rot.

smy_749 · 04-01-13, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mygabriella

I know her previous Owner also fed her chopped up rat and no bugs.
No whole prey

Chopped up rat is still whole prey. Its still a whole rat, whether you cut it into pieces or he swallows it whole, hes still getting the entire rat. An example of a food item which isn't whole would be only liver, only chicken hearts, etc.

He looks bloated to me as well. Enclosure looks nice though. Did you take surface temps of the basking platform?

mygabriella · 04-02-13, 08:39 AM

She didnt get the entire rat, she was fed pieces of a large rat because they bought large rats in bulk. She only ate a few pieces. She was bloated, but now she pooped and is doing better. Yes the surface basking is 135-140

mygabriella · 04-02-13, 08:40 AM

Her belly is starting to look better with the betadine and ointment but her color scares me. She looks like a modeling dead person :-/ But shes a lot more active now, She ate a pinky yesterday.

smy_749 · 04-02-13, 09:00 AM

best of lucky, they Are a hardy species and you seem to be doing a good job. hope she pulls through.

mygabriella · 04-02-13, 09:43 AM

thanks me too!

nepoez · 04-02-13, 09:52 AM

Hm... Now I'm worried, how wet is the borrow supposed to be? It's like 100% humid down there, what's considered too humid?

murrindindi · 04-02-13, 11:29 AM

Hi, apart from the skin problems, the monitor looks quite overweight (or is it the angle the photo was taken)? Also, why are you feeding tiny pinky mice which are relatively low in nutrition to a monitor that size?
Can you get a length and mass measurement?

murrindindi · 04-02-13, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by nepoez

Hm... Now I'm worried, how wet is the borrow supposed to be? It's like 100% humid down there, what's considered too humid?

Hi, if the substrate in the burrows is noticibly wet (as in you can see water), it`s too wet! Take a little out and squeeze it in your hands.

DeadlyDesires · 04-02-13, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by murrindindi

Hi, if the substrate in the burrows is noticibly wet (as in you can see water), it`s too wet! Take a little out and squeeze it in your hands.

i just added water to mine lol... i spray

jarich · 04-02-13, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by nepoez

Hm... Now I'm worried, how wet is the borrow supposed to be? It's like 100% humid down there, what's considered too humid?

Ya, like murrindindi said, its not so much about the humidity in the air down there as it is about the substrate itself. You want the air to be that humid, but not to have the surface wet. Moist dirt is good, wet dirt is bad.

Starbuck · 04-02-13, 12:58 PM

From what i understand about scale rot, it creates a blister/callus like you noticed, and after several weeks etc the blister opens and peels off, as you are experiencing. Reptiles' bodies react to changes and poor husbandry very differently than mammals do. It could be a poor husbandry issue from the previous owner, but there are much more experienced sav people here who can guide you, this is just my two cents.

mygabriella · 04-02-13, 02:08 PM

She eats mostly insects. I gave her a pinkie because my petstore was out of fuzzies! She has her supers with it. And no she's not over weight. I agree, I think it's scale rot from poor conditions with her previous owner. I just wish I knew what it was sooner. But she's already doing a lot better

murrindindi · 04-02-13, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mygabriella

She eats mostly insects. I gave her a pinkie because my petstore was out of fuzzies! She has her supers with it. And no she's not over weight. I agree, I think it's scale rot from poor conditions with her previous owner. I just wish I knew what it was sooner. But she's already doing a lot better

Hi again, can you put a couple of recent pics up of the monitor walking along in profile, also, are you sure this is a female, and are you offering any supplements? I`d also like to ask what the substrate temps are throughout. Thanks!

Vegasarah · 04-02-13, 02:54 PM

It looks like scale rot. Make sure that you are keeping it as clean as possible. If you can keep up with the antibacterial treatments that should help. Twice a day if you can manage it without stressing him too much. If he has burrows dug you should reach down into it, destroy it if you need to, and see if there is any standing water inside. It might be time to pull out anything not bolted down and churn up that substrate. He will dig new burrows, but it could help cut back on the moisture in the substrate. Don't add any water to the substrate, but keep an eye on ambient humidity. If it drops, use a squirt bottle on fine mist mode and do that for a few days. If it gets any worse please take him to the vet. Oh, and frequent water changes with warm water could help as well if he is defecating in the water. Let us know how it goes!