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Posted by xta on January 09, 2003 at 22:45:49:
In Reply to: Joey vet update... (long) posted by kally on January 09, 2003 at 19:49:50:
oooo I'm sorry to hear this. I was hoping it wasn't a burn, but then maybe that is better than something harder to diagnose and treat. Everything the vet said sounds reasonable to me. I just hope it doesn't get really bad. My last iguana rescue had a very bad burn on his belly when I got him....from a hotrock. When I got him it was at the ending stages when it scabbed up really badly. By then it had healed for the most part...just waited for the scab to fall off. I smeared antibiotic on it just to be on the safe side, but he healed on his own. Here is a photo of him when he was young after the scab fell off--see the scars (his scales were melted together). It was on his chest and all over his belly.
I recently thought Slee may have burns from his overhead light...parts of his skin turned lighter, but I changed his lighting around to correct this and so far nothing has developed. Since your vet mentioned 14 days to show up...I will be keeping an eye out myself for burns.
If Joey does have a burn, that it must have been the petstore right? They must have used a heatrock then, unless he was in a wirecage and leaned against hot cage material after it was heated by lights.
