digging?

[sgt. amoth]

Brought her to the herp vet of my area, It could be egg retention, they're keeping her for observation and maybe some radiographs. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[sgt. amoth]

Just got a call from the veterinary clinic, apparently it's not egg retention, they are going for blood tests to figure out what's what.

 

[zebraflavencs]

Hold strong, love... we are right there beside you in a manner of speaking !
Janie

 

[sgt. amoth]

Well, after 12 days under the care of the vet, after radiographs, blood tests and forced feeding, she died a couple of hours ago after a 2h surgery, she had an infection/rotting tissues on the oviducts, everything went well but she didn't survive the operation

RIP :-[

 

[zebraflavencs]

Oh Honey ! *big hugs*
I am so sorry to hear this...
Let memories of days past lighten your heart in the future to come.
Janie

 

[Pogie]

So sorry to hear about your loss. Strongs

Eventually the pain will fade, remember, were all here for you.

 

[Craiger]

Oh man! So sorry to hear.... :'(

 

[renich]

I am so sorry to hear about this. You are in our thoughts....

 

[Vesta]

I am really sorry to hear that!! You did everything you could for her!! You have no regrets there!! :'( I will be thinking about you today and your loss.

 

[li]

I am really sorry to hear that this was the outcome. Do they know exactly what caused this. Could it have been egg retention that really went bad, or a virus?

 

[Twobeardieguy]

So sorry to hear that, keep your head up. :'(

 

[sgt. amoth]

Apparently "something" went wrong in the oviduct and it caused an infection/rotting tissues, I'll bring back all the radiographs in a couple of days and maybe share them If I my scanner works. You can't really see an egg, she laid everything, but there was some kind of abnormal black stain. After many days of antibiotics the vet was still a little worried about that stain and the general behaviour of my beardie (partial lethargy, no appetite, weight loss) and made a lot of testing and more radiographs with a marking fluid to figure out if It was somewhere in her digestive system, but it wasn't. He asked me if he could try a laparotomy, I said yes. After the Laparotomy he finally found that the black stain was what he thought: rotting tissues/infection on her oviducts, so he started a 2h surgery to remove, clean and disinfect but she didn't survive the surgery.

 

[renich]

Thank you so much for sharing your info. We can all learn from these experiences.

 

[sgt. amoth]

Oh lord, my other female just started to dig this morning :-\

 

[renich]

Hmm...do the actions seem the same as the other dragon? Dragons do dig on occasion.

 

[sgt. amoth]

She started to do that again but it's serious now, I put a laybox in the tank but she simply doesn't care. She spent her day digging and digging again and she's starting to loose weight and I can feel something different in her belly, I hope this story is going to end well...

 

[renich]

Oh my. Yes, I hope she can lay her eggs with ease. Keeping fingers crossed that all goes well.

 

[Craiger]

If she's not interested in the laybox inside her enclosure, then the only alternative would be to have a laybox outside of it that you can put her in for a whole day, if necessary.

 

[sgt. amoth]

I made her some kind of cave inside the viv with rocks and stones and she liked that. She laid her eggs yesterday afternoon and she looks fine, a bit skinny but she ate well.

 

[renich]

Excellent news! Glad to hear things are going well