HELP!!!! New water dragon!

[shandav]

Hi there! my brother just purchased a new baby chinese water dragon.. well his/her eyes are always crusted shut! i mean we have rinsed them with warm water..and it helps for a while then crusts over again? also he/she seems to be sheeding its skin but the skin dosnt look right.. its tough, brown and clumpy ugh! also he/she dosnt seem to move around much but if u try to pick him/her up he/she scoots away quickly? now i was wondering are these symptoms of mites, respitory and/or metabolic bone disease? if so how can i treat him/her? there isnt a reptile vet in the area so im a little stuck! any ideas and suggestions might be a great help!

[Aaron_S]

Pictures of the eyes and skin would be very useful.

We need more information though. What kind of set up do you have? The temperatures on the hot side/cool side and hot spot? The humidity. Also, if it's still really new, I would take it back to where ever you got it and tell them it looks sick.

[shandav]

I don't have a picture at the moment...
the cage set up is a homemade cage from an inclosed tv unit (5ft x 4.5ft), theres rocks and vines on the walls with a wood mulch type bottom that my bro was told to get when he purchased his 1st water dragon 4 years ago.. plus theres a smallwaterfalliin the back for moisture and a glass front for viewing! mind you the 2 dragons are kept separated for quarantene and so the larger dragon (who is male) dosnt hurt the baby one!
the cool spot ofthe cage is roughly between 73-75 degrees and the warmer spot is about 84-86 degrees! the humidity in the cage at the moment is 82%
also the skin seemsto be a little better my bro has been giving the baby dragon some dusted crickets and some calcium water dechlorinater in the water dish.. his/her skin has started to peel like normal.. but the eyes are still crusty and he/she seemtoscatch at them alot..yet there are no signs of mites like i thought!

[shandav]

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these are some pictures i took from the internet (not actual photos of my dragon) but the skin and syptomslook alot like these.. if its any help.. sorry i cant get an actual photo.. my camera is broken :S