Help! Baby might be sick :(

[guitarlixx]

Well as many of you know, Magenta had babies a while ago. I have 5 left and I thought they were all doing well. Delilah is still rather small, but she's eating well and her overall health seems to be fine.

I'm very concerned for one of her larger siblings though. He is a healthy size, and I think he may have been one of the largest ones in the group, actually. He's been as active as the others he's living with, he's been eating fine, drinking fine, and is having bowel movements. However, the little plates that line his lip area seem to be lifting, in a way. It ALMOST looks like mouth rot, but in the same breath, it doesn't and it seems to be something else. Also, his eyes have crusties. When he falls asleep, he sleeps soundly...but when he wakes up, he has a really hard time opening his eyes, and I can see that they seem to crust over a little bit and he tries really hard to open them, but it's after much effort that he finally is able to do it, and even then, they look a little funny.

Everybody seems to be getting along okay, and none of the others are picking on him so far as I notice.

I have been very sick this month and am very low on money, so at this very moment in time, bringing him to the vet is going to be difficult at best. So I'm hoping there is some advice from some folks on here so that I can help him until I am able to get him into the Vet's.
Please help! Thanks guys!

[Blotch]

well first thing I'd do is seperate him from his siblings. Next i'd clean out that tank just in case it's something that can be transmitted to the rest of the crew.

As far as meds are concerned - I can't help you, but at such a young age I think some meds may be a bit harsh. This is something I think IAN - (DeadEye) could help you with. Lots of people will have a guess at what it could be, but at the end of the day, The only person I'd really trust with this sort of thing would be DeadEye.

Just make sure you seprerate him and clean the tank to be safe. Just msg DeadEye and wait for a response.

Good Luck!

[DeadEye]

Hi Gday a freind emailed me , and said you have some sick babes ...1st when people pm me i dont get an email any more. Um
2nd is i know the eastern side of canada if freezing -32 in Alberta ottawa ont , iam talking to people there every day.. Could you tell me what kind of discharge if any is comming from the eyes ?.

Are they puffy
or any bubbles comming out ?

I think untill i know what type of skink you have , iam really guessing .

Iam in stinking hot heat in south west australia . You know here mine

are all pregants 16 shingle backs T rugosa rugosa .. M Could you Pm Me please and we can talk .. your welcome to my email ... Babes are so precious ... K sorry about this iam so busy with around 100 atm..

Nice to talk keep em warm .. and yes isolate them asap .. Incase of mites .. U.T.R.I ect ect .. hope i make sence aussie slang bad cheers ps yes iam doing work on a tiny red mite that ive spotted dashing under shingles ..So yes put your healthy ones on heat matts n red heat lamps away from the sick one.. And indeed disinfect everything use gloves ... treat it really like the plague , better to be safe than sorry .. back soon Tam thanks , i need you to pm me to Mate cheers , i hope i can help you stoke that fire Mate brrrr

[DeadEye]

Tam can you pm me to mate .. no hurry LOL


thats kind of you to call out to me hope we can help
cheers

[NomadOfTheHills]

Ian, I believe they are Tiliqua gigas.

[Fatal_S]

Well as many of you know, Magenta had babies a while ago. I have 5 left and I thought they were all doing well. Delilah is still rather small, but she's eating well and her overall health seems to be fine.

I'm very concerned for one of her larger siblings though. He is a healthy size, and I think he may have been one of the largest ones in the group, actually. He's been as active as the others he's living with, he's been eating fine, drinking fine, and is having bowel movements. However, the little plates that line his lip area seem to be lifting, in a way. It ALMOST looks like mouth rot, but in the same breath, it doesn't and it seems to be something else. Also, his eyes have crusties. When he falls asleep, he sleeps soundly...but when he wakes up, he has a really hard time opening his eyes, and I can see that they seem to crust over a little bit and he tries really hard to open them, but it's after much effort that he finally is able to do it, and even then, they look a little funny.

Everybody seems to be getting along okay, and none of the others are picking on him so far as I notice.

I have been very sick this month and am very low on money, so at this very moment in time, bringing him to the vet is going to be difficult at best. So I'm hoping there is some advice from some folks on here so that I can help him until I am able to get him into the Vet's.
Please help! Thanks guys!

I don't know if this helps, but Trikks had shed problems for a while, and retained shed, especially around the mouth. It was lifting his scales up away from the mouth. On his last shed I was able to remove the retained parts (he bit me for it) and fix it up a bit. I'm hoping his next shed will either be all better, or I can at least see what's left to fix. I'll attach a picture of Trikks with his lifted scales. Sorry about the quality.
This was before the last shed:

These are from after, you can still see some of the damage done:

[DeadEye]

Hi No Pm yes yes Fatal-sub has a good point there to , its just pure precaution ...Ive got an old boby that has some mouth scales that wont shed there stuck on there ..With no problem ...sadly thats 1 thing we dont get here is any type of mouth rot , as the climate is so dry

But if you have or could get some good pics in clear day light ...Ill try and help the best i can .. regards .

(eg) If we get a call a sick skink in a garedn flat , eyes stuck shut ..Gloves on wash hands with anti bacteria stuff after tuching them isolation is critical ... But we have a horrible virus here . Hope to hear some good news Thanks John ..
PM me check back tonight

cheers ..

This is a first sighs of U.R.T.I . I know of 1 case of a skink coming from west australia to queens land .. but iam 90 % certain its contained just in Australia.. looking for pictures for you ...

[DeadEye]

Some pics would help i dont wanna freak you out ... Just safer than been sorry . My little boy has a habbit of picking them up and transmitting viruses ... baytril we use ever day . for 10 days with normal temps ..

Pm please good luck