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Just figured I would post an update. Link (as he is now called) is eating well, pooping well, and shedding well. He still has swollen pink tissue sticking out of his vent though.

I took him to the vet that the store uses (which is also apparently the zoo vet!) and he's on more dermalone ointment, and an oral antibiotic called Baytril. I put the ointment on every 12 hours, and he gets 0.02 CCs of the Baytril every 24 hours.

He's been on the Baytril for over 10 days now and the ointment, and there hasn't been any change in the tissue. Other than that bit of swelling though, he seems fine.

One thing I was told is that maybe the temps weren't what I thought they were in the cage, and that there was too big of a difference at night, etc. So I've since made absolutely sure that my temps are perfect, day and night. I've also upped the humidity in his tank by getting a waterfall and fogger. It stays around 80% humidity at all times now.

Despite the fact that this guy is the Zoo vet though, I'm concerned. He seems totally convinced that I shouldn't be using calcium supplements, and should just feed Link mice, and that I'm probably going to either give him salmonella or kill him by feeding him the ground raw turkey, or raw chicken hearts. He claims that breeders and keepers aren't vets and don't know anything and that I'm going to overdose my Tegu on calcium... :/ so frankly, I'm a little disheartened by him (the vet) and I'm not really sure what to think.

Link hasn't been getting his sugar baths for a while, and honestly I think the sugar baths combined with the Vaseline was doing more for him :/ I at least saw the tissue shrink and TRY to go back in at first when I was doing that.

I'm not really sure what I should do at this point. He seems very healthy other than the swelling. Maybe I should call Bobby, even though this tegu isn't one of his stock?

<blockquote data-quote="Guest" data-source="post: 69514">Just figured I would post an update. Link (as he is now called) is eating well, pooping well, and shedding well. He still has swollen pink tissue sticking out of his vent though. I took him to the vet that the store uses (which is also apparently the zoo vet!) and he's on more dermalone ointment, and an oral antibiotic called Baytril. I put the ointment on every 12 hours, and he gets 0.02 CCs of the Baytril every 24 hours. He's been on the Baytril for over 10 days now and the ointment, and there hasn't been any change in the tissue. Other than that bit of swelling though, he seems fine.One thing I was told is that maybe the temps weren't what I thought they were in the cage, and that there was too big of a difference at night, etc. So I've since made absolutely sure that my temps are perfect, day and night. I've also upped the humidity in his tank by getting a waterfall and fogger. It stays around 80% humidity at all times now. Despite the fact that this guy is the Zoo vet though, I'm concerned. He seems totally convinced that I shouldn't be using calcium supplements, and should just feed Link mice, and that I'm probably going to either give him salmonella or kill him by feeding him the ground raw turkey, or raw chicken hearts. He claims that breeders and keepers aren't vets and don't know anything and that I'm going to overdose my Tegu on calcium... :/ so frankly, I'm a little disheartened by him (the vet) and I'm not really sure what to think. Link hasn't been getting his sugar baths for a while, and honestly I think the sugar baths combined with the Vaseline was doing more for him :/ I at least saw the tissue shrink and TRY to go back in at first when I was doing that. I'm not really sure what I should do at this point. He seems very healthy other than the swelling. Maybe I should call Bobby, even though this tegu isn't one of his stock?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest, post: 69514"] Just figured I would post an update. Link (as he is now called) is eating well, pooping well, and shedding well. He still has swollen pink tissue sticking out of his vent though. I took him to the vet that the store uses (which is also apparently the zoo vet!) and he's on more dermalone ointment, and an oral antibiotic called Baytril. I put the ointment on every 12 hours, and he gets 0.02 CCs of the Baytril every 24 hours. He's been on the Baytril for over 10 days now and the ointment, and there hasn't been any change in the tissue. Other than that bit of swelling though, he seems fine. One thing I was told is that maybe the temps weren't what I thought they were in the cage, and that there was too big of a difference at night, etc. So I've since made absolutely sure that my temps are perfect, day and night. I've also upped the humidity in his tank by getting a waterfall and fogger. It stays around 80% humidity at all times now. Despite the fact that this guy is the Zoo vet though, I'm concerned. He seems totally convinced that I shouldn't be using calcium supplements, and should just feed Link mice, and that I'm probably going to either give him salmonella or kill him by feeding him the ground raw turkey, or raw chicken hearts. He claims that breeders and keepers aren't vets and don't know anything and that I'm going to overdose my Tegu on calcium... :/ so frankly, I'm a little disheartened by him (the vet) and I'm not really sure what to think. Link hasn't been getting his sugar baths for a while, and honestly I think the sugar baths combined with the Vaseline was doing more for him :/ I at least saw the tissue shrink and TRY to go back in at first when I was doing that. I'm not really sure what I should do at this point. He seems very healthy other than the swelling. Maybe I should call Bobby, even though this tegu isn't one of his stock? [/QUOTE]

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