Re: skin/fungal infection?

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Posted by creaturemd on May 24, 2002 at 20:30:26:

In Reply to: skin/fungal infection? posted by Z-bub on May 24, 2002 at 17:06:58:

Not to question your judgement, but does this girl use a hot rock? Those lesions sound a lot like hot rock burns. Usually the skin becomes discolored early, then sloughs and scabs over. When the scab first comes off, often the new skin underneath will be white. This is the way GGIs scar. As far as actual skin INFECTIONS are concerned, they can be very expensive. My female rhino came down with a fungal infection recently. Diagnostics included CBC, multiple biopsies, and culture of both the skin and a tracheal swab. Treatment included systemic antibiotics (injectable), topical therapy, oral ketaconazole (antifungal), and lots of tears, sweat, and blood getting it all done on a daily basis. All entailed, it has cost me about $350 (and a few scars of my own) and it looks as though the ketaconazole is going to run out long before the 40 days I'm supposed to be giving it is over. The bottle was nearly $60 by itself! She's gotten pretty good at refusing to take it, and a good bit has ended up anywhere but in her mouth. Of course this is worst case scenario and I opted for all of the necessary diagnostics. If you have a vet that will treat empirically based on what he/she thinks is the most likely diagnosis, you might get away cheaper. Of course you might also waste your money treating the wrong thing. Whatever you decide, I wish you the best of luck.

: hey, i have 4 lizards right now, and i just took one that has cost me PRETTY hefty vet bill(not to mention the other 3) because i took in a sick lizard from a terribly abusive person, but it is doing much better now! besides the vet bills, i have the usual food bills(which arent high for my herbivors, but for my carnivors--watch out!lol) anyway, i was going to take in an iguana from this girl who cant keep both her adult iggs b/c they fight now that the male is in season. i agreed to take him, however i discoverd that he has some type of skin problem. it appears to be a fungus(i could be wrong).it starts out gray, then goes to white, then it will peel, bleed and scab. if the scab comes off the skin(sort of a clearish whitish color under the scab)it appears as if you could almost see through the skin. what is this? anyone heard of it? the girl says that she doesnt have the money for it to see the vet right now(which makes me pretty upset, b/c i feel the igg has been like this for a little while). but other than that the igg appears healthy, happy and active. right now, i would really love to take in another lizard, but i dont know if i can afford to save another while i am still working on saving one. i was hoping that if i can somewhat identify the problem, i may be able to get an estimate as to what it may cost(i really wanna help this guy, but money is tuff right now and it wouldnt be fair to my babies, i am sure you guys know what i mean) if anyone can help me i would really appreciate it, thanks :)

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: Not to question your judgement, but does this girl use a hot rock? Those lesions sound a lot like hot rock burns. Usually the skin becomes discolored early, then sloughs and scabs over. When the scab first comes off, often the new skin underneath will be white. This is the way GGIs scar. As far as actual skin INFECTIONS are concerned, they can be very expensive. My female rhino came down with a fungal infection recently. Diagnostics included CBC, multiple biopsies, and culture of both the skin and a tracheal swab. Treatment included systemic antibiotics (injectable), topical therapy, oral ketaconazole (antifungal), and lots of tears, sweat, and blood getting it all done on a daily basis. All entailed, it has cost me about $350 (and a few scars of my own) and it looks as though the ketaconazole is going to run out long before the 40 days I'm supposed to be giving it is over. The bottle was nearly $60 by itself! She's gotten pretty good at refusing to take it, and a good bit has ended up anywhere but in her mouth. Of course this is worst case scenario and I opted for all of the necessary diagnostics. If you have a vet that will treat empirically based on what he/she thinks is the most likely diagnosis, you might get away cheaper. Of course you might also waste your money treating the wrong thing. Whatever you decide, I wish you the best of luck. : : hey, i have 4 lizards right now, and i just took one that has cost me PRETTY hefty vet bill(not to mention the other 3) because i took in a sick lizard from a terribly abusive person, but it is doing much better now! besides the vet bills, i have the usual food bills(which arent high for my herbivors, but for my carnivors--watch out!lol) anyway, i was going to take in an iguana from this girl who cant keep both her adult iggs b/c they fight now that the male is in season. i agreed to take him, however i discoverd that he has some type of skin problem. it appears to be a fungus(i could be wrong).it starts out gray, then goes to white, then it will peel, bleed and scab. if the scab comes off the skin(sort of a clearish whitish color under the scab)it appears as if you could almost see through the skin. what is this? anyone heard of it? the girl says that she doesnt have the money for it to see the vet right now(which makes me pretty upset, b/c i feel the igg has been like this for a little while). but other than that the igg appears healthy, happy and active. right now, i would really love to take in another lizard, but i dont know if i can afford to save another while i am still working on saving one. i was hoping that if i can somewhat identify the problem, i may be able to get an estimate as to what it may cost(i really wanna help this guy, but money is tuff right now and it wouldnt be fair to my babies, i am sure you guys know what i mean) if anyone can help me i would really appreciate it, thanks :)

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