Hello, my Argentine Black and White tegu, Argo, is about 5 or so months old. He has been going through a really bad shed. I've been bathing him daily and misting three times a day but it just gets worse. I have him in an open enclosure now but working on a closed one to keep better control on the humidity. He has lost a nail and half of his finger because of this shed I think. I have a bearded dragon that has lost a couple nails due to humidity problems so I'm not really concerned too much about that. But I'm more concerned with is that Argo has recently developed a swollen lip as it looks. At first j thought it was just dirt and it would go away with this shed but now it is getting worse. He had also been making a weird gulping sound. Hasn't eaten the past two days either. Have to feed him in the enclosure or else he won't eat at all. He eats superworms and I can't get him to eat anything else. He will eat a pinkie once a week but haven't recently since I ran out. I'll put up a pic of his lip and him. I'm about to look up a vet so I can take him if this gets worse. His temps are 110 in basking and about 90-95 in the cool side. As low as 85 in his hide. I have a reptisun 10.0 about 9 inches above him. Please let me know if I'm doing something wrong or something is seriously wrong.
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