CopperPenny
Bearded Dragon Egg
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Hey everybody. I'm new to this site, but I've been lurking around here since my husband and I got our beardie, Doc, in May. He's our only baby, and we're both super attached to him. On Tuesday night (three nights ago), he was resting on my husband's shoulder while my husband graded papers, and a sudden loud thunder must have scared him. He jumped about 4.5 feet and landed on his belly. You could immediately tell something was wrong. He wasn't moving and he kept opening his mouth like he does when he gets really warm. I came home from work at 11pm & sat up with him the whole night and until the vet opened at 7:30 am. I just didn't want him to be alone if something terrible happened. I was so scared!
So I got him to the vet and she kept him until they closed at 5:30. She did a few Xrays on him, and told us that he has a fractured left forearm. Thankfully his back is fine (which was my biggest fear at the time), he's able to move better now than he was the night he fell. If you pinch his little back feet, he pulls them away, so he's not paralyzed (another big fear). After spending two days with the vet, she decided that he would be most comfortable at home in his own space. She made a little splint for his broken arm, sent us home with some pain medicine and a can of wet food. He's not really eating, so she had to kind of force him to eat the medicine/ wet food from a plastic syringe, and now we're having to do the same thing. She said he hasn't perked up as much as she'd like for him too, but to keep him calm and comfortable at home, and to just keep feeding & medicating him until he starts eating more on his own. But she said we're "not out of the woods yet," and to come back in three weeks to do another Xray.
I guess my question is just whether anyone else here has gone through this with their beardie. Has anyone else had to nurse their little beardie back to health? I'm so stressed about him not being "out of the woods," and he's just not himself. My poor husband feels SO guilty. Of course it was just an accident, but he feels so terrible. I'm hoping our little fella come around and start being Doc again soon. Any ideas besides patience and pain killers to help the three of us get through this?
So I got him to the vet and she kept him until they closed at 5:30. She did a few Xrays on him, and told us that he has a fractured left forearm. Thankfully his back is fine (which was my biggest fear at the time), he's able to move better now than he was the night he fell. If you pinch his little back feet, he pulls them away, so he's not paralyzed (another big fear). After spending two days with the vet, she decided that he would be most comfortable at home in his own space. She made a little splint for his broken arm, sent us home with some pain medicine and a can of wet food. He's not really eating, so she had to kind of force him to eat the medicine/ wet food from a plastic syringe, and now we're having to do the same thing. She said he hasn't perked up as much as she'd like for him too, but to keep him calm and comfortable at home, and to just keep feeding & medicating him until he starts eating more on his own. But she said we're "not out of the woods yet," and to come back in three weeks to do another Xray.
I guess my question is just whether anyone else here has gone through this with their beardie. Has anyone else had to nurse their little beardie back to health? I'm so stressed about him not being "out of the woods," and he's just not himself. My poor husband feels SO guilty. Of course it was just an accident, but he feels so terrible. I'm hoping our little fella come around and start being Doc again soon. Any ideas besides patience and pain killers to help the three of us get through this?
Sounds like you guys are good parents. He's probably feeling pretty sore from the fracture and the medicine he's on probably curbs his appetite. I've never had to nurse a beardie back to health but I know a few people here have (hopefully they chime in). There's something called Critical Care that you might be able to give him to help him get his nutrients and back to eating again. Turkey and or squash baby food is good. I've also heard cooked green beans can spark their interest in eating. 
