C.elok with swollen foot and tail

[krypticrhacs]

Hi, I purchased these elok as a pair and have kept them together ever since with no problems until a couple days ago when I notice a weird deformity on the females tail and her back left foot is swollen. Im not sure if it was due to the male biting her or something else like an infection or something. Ive attached pics, let me know if anybody has dealt with this situation before and what should be done Id rather try dealing with it myself than bring to the vet.

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[Tamara]

It looks like an infected wound, but not 100% sure.
Why would you not want to take it to a vet?

 

[krypticrhacs]

Well if you must know, herp vets are very hard to find by me (In central NY), especially good ones and they are very expensive. And I lost my main job back in October 2013 and have been bouncing around jobs and unemployment and its been rough. I work 2 jobs and still am having trouble just paying my bills. Also I havnt had good experiences with exotics at vets. I spent nearly $300 , not including all the gas money to drive all the way down to Binghamton (Southern NY) on a henkeli with a prolapse only to lose the animal in the end. And the money that I get from selling babies is always put back towards the reptiles, however I don't have any babies yet, so basically I do not have the extra money, back in 2013 it would be no problem but right now I am just getting by with paying my bills and supporting their needs. So if there is something I can do and avoid the vet fees it would be better. Also some vets are very quick to just amputate things like this where as I was maybe thinking about putting some kind of cream or something to see if that will bring down the swelling and any infection.

 

[Tamara]

Okay, understandable enough i geuss.
Maybe some cream containing antibiotics or something might help.
If it where us we wouldn't worry to much abouth the tail, i think if it realy troubles her she will drop it eventually, but since she hasn't done that it could yust as well heal.
Her paw looks to be very swollen though so you should keep a close eye on that.

Good luck with it, keep us posted if you will.

 

[krypticrhacs]

Yeah I have been paying more attention to that cause I would hate for her to lose the foot or any toes It seemed to have gone down a little bit cause I thought I saw some marks which would mean the male bit her. But a while back someone told me emu oil is good for any reptile injuries, Do you know anything about that?