Mouth scale swollen

[Takara]

what should i start doing? whats the cause?

 

[SSimsswiSS]

Usually due to food item scratch or cutting mouth. But also biting branches, foreign objects. Cricket and roach legs have some killer spikes on them. May heal on own, but a good reptile vet will give you specific treatment info..

 

[Carlton]

If you can, check the gum in the area. Roll his lip back and check for a red swollen sore or cut. You can try appling Betadine surgical scrub to the gum surface. He won't like it! It may help if the infection hasn't gotten too severe.

 

[Takara]

anyone else?

 

[chameleongirl2]

it may heal on its own but i would visit the vet just in case =D

 

[ataraxia]

my guess would be a bite from a feeder.

Id do what carlton stated.... Put the solution on a sterile qtip and clean the wound. You can purchase providone iodine at any drug store. Dilute it to a mild tea solution with bottled water in a sterile container.