Yellow Fungus

There are a lot of different signs of yellow fungus, but here are a few of the normal ones,
patches of yellow skin,
patches of grey skin
dry, crusty lesions
may look like thick dark patches of old shed


Yellow fungus is highly contagious and for most beardies fatal. If you suspect your rescue has yf, a vet visit is in order ASAP. They will do a scraping and have it tested to see if it comes out positive. Please keep any rescue beardies quarantined, away for any other ones you might have. Make sure you wash your hands before and after handling the beardie who has yf. There is no cure for yf, but in some cases it can be controlled with medication from your vet, orally and with ointments you can get at the pharmacy.They can get yf from other beardies who have it, and from dirty living conditions.

I rescued a beardie 2 years ago and didn't know she had it for about 8 months. She had dark thick skin on her head, I had thought it was old shed, and I even took her in to check and the vet said no, as I have found after 2 different vets who said no, she did have it and by then it was to far along to save her. I tried for 6 months of doing anything and everything for her, just to have to put her to sleep when it went septic. One thing I learned with yf, if you have to give antibiotics for any reason the yf will start to spread faster. If you think you see signs of yf, its best to have it checked out and make sure before it gets to far along so that you will have a chance to save your beardie.


My rescue Jesse and her yellow fungus. I only had her for 13 months when I had to put her down due to yf and it was going septic.