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[MysticLizzards]

this is called neglect
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[ether]

Where did you get it?

 

[MysticLizzards]

I rescued it from a pet store

 

[MysticLizzards]

When i first got him he couldn't walk of eat

 

[ether]

Dam shame about the lizard. Your doin a great thing though. Hope all goes well.

 

[Tommo]

poor thing

ive seen afew lizard that have done that to their lips at pet shops

 

[MysticLizzards]

Ya it's called rubber jaw and basicly they can't chew food just swallow it

 

[Tommo]

how is it treated?

 

[kevyn]

Proper UVB and a proper diet. The little guy is doing really well now. It's a great little lizard and from what Aaron's told me, has made some great improvement over the years.

 

[Tommo]

will his lips heal?

i saw at the melbourne zoo a green iguana which looked like it had the same thing. i hope that it was obtained like that and it wasnt the zoos fault

 

[ether]

Many lizards inflict such injuries themselves. Many lizards are very skittish and when someone walks past the cage they run straight into a wall. I remember when i worked at Taronga Zoo all the Basilisks were very skittish and many had the same problem as the lizard above. But they all had 1st class care.

Regards Alex

 

[Fuscus]

Wild EWD normally have lip damage but not to that extent.

 

[MysticLizzards]

More than likely his face will stay that way and i don't know all the details of how he was kept