I took one of my female BPs, Monifa, to the vet last week on Thursday because she's swelled up in the right front part of her mouth, and it just happened over the past two weeks. I don't know what she's done to herself. I took her wood half-log hides out of her enclosure because she's been rubbing on those trying to get some itchy stuck shed on her head off, and I have no clue whether she maybe got a splinter stuck in her mouth or not. Part of her gums that protect some of her teeth is a little bloody-blistered looking and swelled and there's a small hole in the gum, too. Our old and wise herp vet retired and moved elswhere so we have this new younger guy who admits he's not as experienced as the other guy was. He wasn't sure what to make of it other than it wasn't a tumor or anything, it was more secondary bacterial infection than anything else. Then underneath her "chin" is some scabby areas... I honestly don't know what she's done to herself. She doesn't have mites as far as I know, but I could take a closer look. So they gave me ChlorhexiDerm flush/topical antimicrobial solution to flush that area of her mouth, and they told me to also use Neosporin. I really can't tell if I've seen much improvement or not using both of that stuff. If it's a solid mass of infection, there's no way I can get to it because it's mostly swollen behind her heat pits.... and today I noticed her holding her head up and breathing with her mouth open once and awhile. I'm afraid she may have breathed in some of the flush or neosporin into her lungs. Would she be able to spit that up..? Any of you know what could've happened with her? I love this girl to death, I hope this gets better....
There are two sets of pictures. The first set is from Thursday last week, and the second set is from today. And don't freak, I wasn't grasping her head very tight at all, just enough so she couldn't move her head.
****First Set****
****Second Set****
