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07-16-2005, 02:34 AM
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potential mouthrot?
my female chinese water dragon has some swelling on her top jaw on the left and right sides...but im not sure what this could be, theirs no signs of mouthrot..but could this be the beginnig of mouthrot? any ideas? 
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07-16-2005, 04:22 AM
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Are you using a UVB light on her? If you are, how close to her is it? Sometimes Metabolic Bone Disease starts in the jaw.
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07-16-2005, 11:21 PM
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yeah, i have a uvb light on her, i have it on her all day and I take her outside for atleast and hour everyday..but she sometimes lays far away from the light..should I get a couple more to be sure shes getting enough light?
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07-17-2005, 04:04 AM
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I wouldn't get a couple more but maybe one that will reach across the length of the enclosure, that way she can't lay far from it.
Someone in the US help me out here.....the best florescent bulbs available here are the Exoterra Repti Glo 5.0 or 8.0 or the Zoomed Repti sun 5.0. They have to be on all day, everyday. Turn it off at night when you turn off the heat lamp.
You really should take her to the vet to be sure. Treating whatever it is now will be easier and cheaper than it will if it becomes worse, please don't wait too long.
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07-17-2005, 08:59 AM
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i have a uvb light on her
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What brand and form is this light? There are bulbs out there that make it look like they provide what your animal needs but doesn't
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Someone in the US help me out here.....the best florescent bulbs available here are the Exoterra Repti Glo 5.0 or 8.0 or the Zoomed Repti sun 5.0.
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The Exo terra bulbs are known to be inconsistant in their UVB output and length of useabilty.
For flourescents its the Reptisun 5.0 or IguanaLight 5.0 (same bulb different packaging) hands down.
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07-17-2005, 10:48 PM
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im gonna make an app.with her vet tomorrow...see what he says, hopefully everything will go well
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07-17-2005, 10:57 PM
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Good luck, please let us know how it goes.
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07-18-2005, 10:45 PM
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he couldnt take her today, i have to wait till next week..thats so frusterating! ill let you know as soon as I find out what it is..im so worried about her
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07-18-2005, 11:02 PM
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Could be Metabolic Bone Disease or mouthrot. Either seem possible at this point. I'm sure she'll be fine until the vet visit.
If you're lookibf for a UVB light that will reach her even when she's far from the bulb, you may want to go with a mercury vapor bulb rather than fluorescent.
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07-19-2005, 11:41 AM
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ohk, ill get one..she stopped eating yesterday, i offered her crickets, mealworms,wax worms and small feeder fish, i just tried to feed her again and all she did was lay there and look at the food...if she dosnt eat should I force feed her?
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