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Had a vet visit as suggested. Good news is this isn't an infection. Bad news is this is a thermal burn from before she came to us and so we arent sure how this will look inthe future .. how much scaring there is. I'm really really bummed about that. Its being treated however, to prevent any infection, fungal or not, from setting in. We'll watch it and the meds stop in 10 days. The vet says she's seen this a lot?? What are the different ways this can happen? If the lizard is able to leave the hot area, do they still stay sometimes? How hot or close to the heat source/bulb do they have to be for this to happen? I'm assuming if the heat source is out of reach and only gives off 100 degrees its not possible right? Or can this also occur from UVB being right on them?

<blockquote data-quote="Rebecca Stout" data-source="post: 145876" data-attributes="member: 5055"><p>Had a vet visit as suggested. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Good news is this isn't an infection. Bad news is this is a thermal burn from before she came to us and so we arent sure how this will look inthe future .. how much scaring there is.&nbsp; I'm really really bummed about that. Its being treated however, to prevent any infection, fungal or not, from setting in.&nbsp; We'll watch it and the meds stop in 10 days.&nbsp; &nbsp; The vet says she's seen this a lot??&nbsp; What are the different ways this can happen?&nbsp; If the lizard is able to leave the hot area, do they still stay sometimes?&nbsp; How hot or close to the heat source/bulb do they have to be for this to happen?&nbsp; I'm assuming if the heat source is out of reach and only gives off 100 degrees its not possible right? Or can this also occur from UVB being right on them?</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Rebecca Stout, post: 145876, member: 5055"] Had a vet visit as suggested. :) Good news is this isn't an infection. Bad news is this is a thermal burn from before she came to us and so we arent sure how this will look inthe future .. how much scaring there is. I'm really really bummed about that. Its being treated however, to prevent any infection, fungal or not, from setting in. We'll watch it and the meds stop in 10 days. The vet says she's seen this a lot?? What are the different ways this can happen? If the lizard is able to leave the hot area, do they still stay sometimes? How hot or close to the heat source/bulb do they have to be for this to happen? I'm assuming if the heat source is out of reach and only gives off 100 degrees its not possible right? Or can this also occur from UVB being right on them? [/QUOTE]

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