Tristis with nasal discharge

[Smittiferous]

Hi guys/girls

Ever since I picked up my tristis in early March, he's had a ring of dried discharge around his nostrils that comes and goes, and I once observed him blowing a snot bubble while eating a mouse.

He's been wormed and I've already taken him to a vet, who did vet things (physical/oral examination, blood and faecal matter slides) but didn't find anything at all. He prescribed a course of antibiotics anyway and my tristis is now into his second week of an antibiotic course, but doesn't seem to be making an improvement, in fact displayed the worst amount of discharge I've seen so far tonight:

I'm taking him back to see the vet this week when his course runs out, so I'm asking if anyone has seen something like this before so I can bring it to Dr Simpson on the next visit? He appears to be behaving normally, quite active during the day until early evening then sets up in his hide log, has a feed then goes to sleep. Feeding response is also extremely strong.

 

[Nero Egernia]

Is it possible that the nasal discharge may be a form of your lizard dispelling excess salt? Marine species do this often but I have heard of land based lizards and birds doing this as well. The act is often called "snalting".

 

[Smittiferous]

It did occur [MENTION=41840]Oshkii[/MENTION] but I would have no idea where he would be getting all the excess salt from!

 

[Nero Egernia]

What is he being fed on? Meat/whole animals do contain salts. Another thing to consider is what are the food items being fed? Salts can also be passed through via defecation. Are perhaps the antibiotics effecting his digestion and thus making him dispel more salts via nasal discharge?

If you are thinking RI, what are the basking and ambient temperatures? Humidity? Also, sometimes dusty substrate may cause sneezing. Knowing the locality of your Tristis may help to determine what heat/humidity it can and can't cope with, and in turn, whether it's contributing to possible RI.

 

[Smittiferous]

Double post weirdness

 

[pinefamily]

Never seen or heard of anything like that before. Is it possible he has something stuck in his nostril?

 

[Smittiferous]

Ok sorry for the lack of responses. I'm taking him back to KVH tonight after a telephone call with Shane. Tomorrow he'll be sedated and have his nasal cavities flushed with saline as Shane suspects he may have retained discharge or foreign matter in there (good call [MENTION=38465]pinefamily[/MENTION]), which could be causing all this snotty weeping. Fingers crossed this does it, because I'll now have paid more in vet bills than his purchase cost, and he's only been mine for a month. Gold-plated little bugger. What irks me most is this issue has been ongoing since day dot, and should all be totally unnecessary.

 

[pinefamily]

Fingers crossed Dr. Simpson can sort it out. These monitors are pretty hardy though. One of our flavi's has looked second hand twice now; the second time we had it checked at the vet, and after a course of antibiotics and calcium, as well as a good dose of herpaboost it came good.

 

[Smittiferous]

Sodding little sod took a sodding swipe at me as I was moving in to bag him. Darted right out of his hide just to latch on to my thumb for a good fifteen seconds, only to retreat back inside and swear profusely at me. He's bloody quick.

Vet nurses saw the blood all over his bag when I dropped him off and made me extract him and put him in a tub. "Oh, he's angry and bit you? You better get him out then!"

 

[Stompsy]

Hilarious.

He did continuously warn you the entire month he has been in your care 'if you touch me human, I will mess you up'....


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[Smittiferous]

But I didn't even touch him!

 

[Stompsy]

He's sick of your **** human.


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[BredliFreak]

He's sick of your **** human.


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Nyeh heh heh!

 

[Nero Egernia]

Sodding little sod took a sodding swipe at me as I was moving in to bag him. Darted right out of his hide just to latch on to my thumb for a good fifteen seconds, only to retreat back inside and swear profusely at me. He's bloody quick.

Vet nurses saw the blood all over his bag when I dropped him off and made me extract him and put him in a tub. "Oh, he's angry and bit you? You better get him out then!"

I don't usually say this, but . . . LOL.

Did you find out what caused the nasal discharge?

 

[Smittiferous]

Not yet, I only dropped him off, the nasal flush will be happening today.

 

[pinefamily]

He knew where he was going.

 

[Smittiferous]

He knew where he was going.

I don't doubt it. That was some calculated coldness right there. Normally when I go in it's just hisses.

He came to me in a beige cloth bag, he's been to the vet once before in the beige cloth bag, I think he has likely associated the beige cloth bag with a less than enjoyable experience, and really wasn't too keen to repeat it! "Buggered if I'm going in that bag again, human! Cop this!"

 

[Smittiferous]

Ok so I picked him up this evening, Shane found a large flap of loose skin in one nostril and mucus in the other, which revealed (can't remember the technical term) markers indicative of an infection but without the damage that fighting infection would cause. So it's possible he had RI but the antibiotics cleared it, and the continued nasal discharge could possibly be from the piece of shed stuck up there. I've got some anti inflammatory medication to give him but if it doesn't go away, next step would be x-ray of his skull.

 

[Stuart]

Good to hear he is on the mend and thank you for letting us know the outcome

 

[Smittiferous]

[MENTION=27815]Stuart[/MENTION] thanks mate, time will tell. Fingers and toes crossed!