Help! Worms?? Allergies?? What??!?!?

[Reborn]

My dear little komodo it seems to have something wrong...I dunno what it is, dont even know where to begin to look. I brought him to the pet store and he looked at him and says it kinda looks like it maybe subcutaneus worms..He said itd be very rare but with a place like big apple herps(where i got him almost a year ago) he wouldnt put it past them...Obviously im gonna get him to a vet ASAP but with christmas here i dont have the spare change i normally would so its gonna have to wait...Which im bumming! Any advice/info would be great. Now a bit about him. Hes a mack patty, he eats 3 large super worms 2-3 weeks. Hes cooling down(i live in norther MN so) and he likes to rub on his hubba hut ALOT...im hoping its from that...It has been dryer(air) so i have a humidifier going and gonna give him soaks and hope its just dry skin.... Sorry for the pics not being great he wouldnt hold still for zoom. Its on his side of his head, leg, and other side mostly. the spot on his side was just darker nothing there.

 

[Reborn]

 

[Mel&Keith]

It looks like areas where he rubbed stuck shed off to me. I'm sure a humidifier will help future sheds go easier. (I wouldn't give too much worry to any diagnosis given by a store employee.)

 

[Reborn]

Thanks. Im gonna soak him every day and see if it helps. Normally he'd hang in his moist hide all day and come out at night but lately hes been on his hot hide instead. Im wondering if thats maybe it. I dunno just worring for my little guys health, he was one of my first after all. the store owner does have pretty good knowledge on reptiles, it beats going to the vet right away and having them say this or that and charge me 150 just to be told to soak him or something, ya know?(yes its that much just to get into the vet here that will see herps)

 

[prettyinpink]

I'm trying to think what a hubba hide looks like...

I'm thinking the same thing as the above poster.

Reborn- does suck that you can't ask a vet what the problem is...you get charged for talking to them. Sucks, as that's the reason why most won't bring their guys in

 

[Reborn]

Hubba hut is a half log basically. with bark on but hollowed out. Thing i hate about them is i dunno what kinda tree they are so i dunno if its maybe a pine tree cut off...none the less im removing it from his cage for now, gonna soak him every night, spray his cage in the AM, and see if that helps any.

I KNOW! its so sad that thats all they care about is money. I know if i had the knowledge to help out with advice then i would(with problems) why see/hear so many die. Im gonna give it the 2 weeks ish the time i need to get paid again and see if its improving any. With LUCK it will. I'll be so bummed if he has the worms and my 2 females he was with get it!>.> I dont like giving medicine to any animal...

 

[prettyinpink]

Yea I was going to suggest to remove it... sounds way too hard on his skin if it's what I'm thinking of. I've touched those things and they feel like sandpaper. Are those the things that are for rabbits? And look like a hut with the straw and stuff on top?

 

[Reborn]

Hubba hut pic below. No straw but definatly rough. It works great for shedding. they sell them in the reptile section of everything online.

 

[prettyinpink]

Oh those! Haha. I haven't had any problems with that - I have one of them in one of my cages, and a bigger one in my beardies tank.

But since he's rubbing on it, was a good idea to take it out.

Does he normally have shedding problems? Are you making sure his moist hide is nice and moist so he doesn't have problems with shedding.

 

[Reborn]

He's never had a single shed problem. Always perfect sheds. Ive never had to remove any part. He's the only one i think of my 20 that havent had a problem all there livesXD I do keep his moist hide nice and moist. I mist it every 3-4 days(eco earth). Ive never had a problem either and i have them in 11 cages(including his). I dunno its removed now along with his climbing log. Fingers crossed it goes away!