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Hi, thought I'd give you an update on Henry.
Alongside me contacting Tracie I had also contacted the vets that treated Henry but their exotic pets vet is on holiday this week, so they gave me the name of another specialist vet to contact.
I gave that vet the details of Henry's diagnosis and...
Henry has become very lethargic since medication started and this morning had a large amount of diarrhea, I can't call it poo as nearly 95% watery liquid. I assume this is also the medication.
I will have to be careful to keep him well hydrated.
Well my pm had disappeared from my forum messages outbox so I know she's read it but unfortunately so far no reply. She's either ignoring it or just busy, I hope the latter. Oh well, if I don't get a response I will have to post on the Forum and see what reactions I get but I would obviously...
Hi, thanks for the suggestion. I've pm'd her so I hope she has time to respond. For the moment I'll keep on with the meds and keep a close eye on Henry, although so far his behavior has been normal.
Thanks again
Some concerns this morning after reading a few "horror" stories on bearded dragon forums regarding the anti-inflammatory "metacam" the vet has given me. Henry is only on the lowest dose possible, one drop per day but he's also a very small dragon, so I will be keeping an even closer eye on him...
No nothing unusual. The vet was only suspicious because he noticed his breathing was a little unusual.
I would never have noticed anything unusual but he immediately suggested taking x-rays. These were perfectly normal, a pretty empty digestive tract with no obstructions of any kind but where...
Update:
Despite the static weight and the shedding I was still concerned so I booked an exotic pets vets visit which was earlier today. He was examined and had x-rays taken and the verdict is that he probably has Pneumonia.
He's been given drops to ease discomfort and inflammation and also a 15...
No big change yet, weight still around 91 grams, appetite still weak. Found more shed today around mouth, not a huge amount but maybe enough to irritate him.
Thanks for the response!
He's showing a little more interest in food now, weight is now 92 grams so stable or up a little. Pooped this morning after a gap of 4 days and it looked normal so I was pleased to see that. Apart from that he's now fairly active but taking time out for a bit of basking.
Hi, I have one additional question regarding UV levels which I hope you don't mind commenting on.
The only way I have of judging UV levels is one of those tester cards, in this case provided by the company I purchased the original HID bulb from "Reptech".
I checked with this card when we had...
Today, only one silkworm and a small piece of "Rapashy bug pie". Weight is static at 90 grams. Have noticed small amount of shed under mouth and top of chest, I know this has impacted his appetite in the past but maybe this coupled with the brumation behavior before has had an effect.
Anyway I...
No I just dropped the poo sample off with reception so nothing more discussed that the parasite check. I assume blood work will have to be discussed along with a full checkup with their reptile specialist which requires an appointment, probably at the earliest sometime next week.
Weight today...