Hi. I am new here. In september/october/ November we got 3 bearded dragons from prominent breeders on Morph market.
One of them, Sunset, has been small and never was a great eater. When I told the breeder he said she’s just growing at her own pace. Two months ago I found out not only was she ADV+ but also blind. A couple weeks ago one of the others who was previously very healthy stopped eating and tested positive for ADV. Our third one is healthy, came from a different breeder and has yet to be tested. Seems like with how contagious it is, it’s very likely our third one is positive. Sunset now gets most of her nutrition from being syringe fed critical care and beardie buffet. She seems to enjoy being syringe fed.
I came here hoping to find more info on how people manage these guys lives with the virus. Our vet said it used to be a death sentence and now people can manage them medically for long periods of time. They don’t have any neurological symptoms but have poor appetites and seem to get parasites easily. The second one to get sick is not visually impaired thankfully. The vet said she seems very healthy otherwise.
When I talked to the breeder they made it sound like all bearded dragons carry ADV and can test positive… but I’m reading a lot of stuff to the contrary and it’s not really what the vet said. Why is there so much conflicting opinion out there about bearded dragons?
We’re very commited to our dragons despite their special needs.
One of them, Sunset, has been small and never was a great eater. When I told the breeder he said she’s just growing at her own pace. Two months ago I found out not only was she ADV+ but also blind. A couple weeks ago one of the others who was previously very healthy stopped eating and tested positive for ADV. Our third one is healthy, came from a different breeder and has yet to be tested. Seems like with how contagious it is, it’s very likely our third one is positive. Sunset now gets most of her nutrition from being syringe fed critical care and beardie buffet. She seems to enjoy being syringe fed.
I came here hoping to find more info on how people manage these guys lives with the virus. Our vet said it used to be a death sentence and now people can manage them medically for long periods of time. They don’t have any neurological symptoms but have poor appetites and seem to get parasites easily. The second one to get sick is not visually impaired thankfully. The vet said she seems very healthy otherwise.
When I talked to the breeder they made it sound like all bearded dragons carry ADV and can test positive… but I’m reading a lot of stuff to the contrary and it’s not really what the vet said. Why is there so much conflicting opinion out there about bearded dragons?
We’re very commited to our dragons despite their special needs.
