Nicole edwards
Active Member
I posted some photos a few days ago of my baby sulcata and everyone said it looked like he might have mouth rot and some said it looked like a more serious infection. Well my local vet treated him for mouth rot and it got better for a day or so and then he went down hill quick with a serious looking place on his face. Come to find out after taking his to a specialist in another town he had a flesh eating bacteria on his face. The cause was from a jaw misalignment a couple months ago and things got stuck in his jaw and caused this infection. I just thought this information might be helpful to others that may mis diagnose mouth rot for this. Another thing that threw up a red flag for me was how clean and non infected his mouth looked on the inside. I will attach some photos so everyone will be familiar with the looks of this bacteria. Rocky is now on two kinds of antibiotics, pain medication, and a cream on the area & he is improving very well!