I volunteer at an local animal rescue and take care of most of the reptiles as well as a few other animals when I am in. Anyways, a argentine b/w tegu was brought in today, and my goodness its skin on its head is horrible.
It looks like the actual scales are going to peel off, never mind "shed skin". In a couple places it is a bare spot with no scales at all. *I will post pictures when I go see him again*
I am assuming he came from bad humidity conditions, but other than the way his head looks he is great. Alert, active, and friendly. Haven't fed him yet but we will try tomorrow.
Anyways I ended up taking him to an exotic animal vet that day which did no good at all. They weren't sure and said they didn't have much lizard experience and said just try to keep it moisturized and raise the humidity of his tank.
Temps are about 110 on the basking, 80-85 all around. He had a giant water dish and gets misted every couple of hours.
I have a tegu of my own but I have never seen anything like this before. I am afraid he will get an infection and then knows what! Please, if anyone can help me that would be great!
It looks like the actual scales are going to peel off, never mind "shed skin". In a couple places it is a bare spot with no scales at all. *I will post pictures when I go see him again*
I am assuming he came from bad humidity conditions, but other than the way his head looks he is great. Alert, active, and friendly. Haven't fed him yet but we will try tomorrow.
Anyways I ended up taking him to an exotic animal vet that day which did no good at all. They weren't sure and said they didn't have much lizard experience and said just try to keep it moisturized and raise the humidity of his tank.
Temps are about 110 on the basking, 80-85 all around. He had a giant water dish and gets misted every couple of hours.
I have a tegu of my own but I have never seen anything like this before. I am afraid he will get an infection and then knows what! Please, if anyone can help me that would be great!