What Causes Nose Swelling?
If you ve already lost your first import to a respiratory infection and later bought a captive animal, this can be quite a shock. It happened to me once. Instead of the eyes becoming opaque, like so many other species going into shed, a chondro s nose will swell. Males generally show a greater incidence of swelling. This is normal and expected. Chondros wait longer than other species to shed. Toward the end of the shed cycle one can observe areas on the body where the skin has already broken loose. This combined with the fact that they are thin skinned accounts for their tendency to be more prone to dry sheds than other animals. This can be minimized by more frequent spraying during the animals shed cycle, along with more attention given to your current caging and husbandry techniques.
