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I have a Bearded Dragon. But one of his finger look weird it has no joint area and it’s like stinking out straight instead of how a bearded dragon claw should be. The photos will make more since. Please tell me what’s going on is it broken does it need to be fixed.

I have a Bearded Dragon. But one of his finger look weird it has no joint area and it’s like stinking out straight instead of how a bearded dragon claw should be. The photos will make more since. Please tell me what’s going on is it broken does it need to be fixed.

Updated On January 9th, 2019

Pet's info: Reptile | Bearded Dragon | Female | 2 years and 5 months old | 1.3 lbs

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Answered By Dr. Massimo Orioles, DVM, Cert AVP, MRCVS

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This is likely to be either a congenital malformation of the finger joints or an old fracture that repaired abnormally fusing the different phalanxes. A physical examination and an x ray would be necessary to understand exactly what happened. It is unlikely though that any treatment will be needed.

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