Hello. I have a beardie about 1.5 years old now. When she was only a couple months old, I left her in the care of my neighbor with careful instruction for a couple days when I went to visit my family. When I returned, I immediately noticed that the skin of her beard was stiff, as if there was dried glue on it. I tried to find out why, but there wasn't anything on the internet or in my manuals. A few weeks later, light yellow rings appeared on her belly and beard, though still I couldn't find anything definitive. It just looked like an odd shedding pattern. Shortly afterwards, the yellow rings became dark gray rings, and I decided that it was yellow skin disease. I immediately purchased oral and topical medicines with which to treat her, and I did so after extensive research to make sure I was doing the right thing. The stiff scales on her beard peeled off over the course of a few months, and her rings scabbed and shedded. Very minimal blood was involved, though the scales that peeled off were slimy and yucky inside. It was like if lizard scales could get cavities. Even after she seemed all better, I continued to give her her medicine for a few weeks afterward, until I was sure that whatever ailed her must be dead. It left behind scars on her belly and beard, but she otherwise remained healthy and happy. At no time during this ordeal did she seem uncomfortable or in pain. This ended quite a few months ago, around October/November of last year, and I haven't worried about it since; however, recently it appears as though the light yellow rings are popping up again. Why? Did it survive? Is it actually yellow skin disease, or something else? Should I just treat her the same way I did before, or would this second generation have evolved a resistance? What should I do? I love her to death, but I'm unfortunately unable to visit a vet. She is active, eats well, and poops regularly. Her setup is fine, though I live in the desert where it is very dry. I bathe her daily, and she doesn't display any signs of distress. In the picture, the pink/orange spots with dark outlines are her scars. The new light yellow rings are on her chest and lower belly, and a few individual scales have some sort of stuff on them. The stuff seems to be scab-like and can actually scrape off the scales, but not all of it. What is happening to my beardie? Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you.
I agree it looks like either a physical burn or a chemical burn. This doesn't look like YF at all to me. I know you said your set up is good, but please fill us in on your set up, temps, lights the whole nine yards, pictures can help to...Also you say you give baths daily what temp is the water?? You live in the desert when she's out to bask is it possible she's laying on something that gets super hot???? Since they can't feel heat on their bellies and those areas are more delicate this is likely the cause...and if it is infected she can become septic (infection into her blood) that is really bad..
