Hello,
A few days ago on Friday, May 10th, my bearded dragon was acting normally. He was fed his lunch around 2pm and I had left for work until coming back at 10pm. He was on the cool side like normal but as I was about to sleep I heard weird noises like coughing almost. I picked him up and moved him to a blanket in his cage under a ceramic heat lamp. I then noticed his beard and it was extremely black. He looked very tired and not normal. Within an hour I realized he pooped and it was solid but also very soft at the same time. It smelled extremely strong. I was concerned, however there was no one to call in the middle of the night.
The next morning I called his vet and he got in at around 8am. Right before his appointment he vomited up food from the day before and it wasn’t digested at all. He looked bad afterwards and really stressed. At the vet, they did bloodwork and it came back normal, however they had to wait until Monday, (today) to tell me about his blood cells and if there is infection. They gave him a vitamins and fluids and a pain reliever and told me they’ll call me Monday. On Saturday, he was sleepy all day which was normal because of the pain medicine. I went to bed Saturday and at 5am I woke up and found him laying on his blanket with more vomit by his mouth but he wasn’t breathing. He was also limp. I took him to an emergency animal hospital and he had passed away. I was told today on the phone his results for the blood cell count test and the vet said he had high levels of toxins in his blood. I don’t understand what happened. Could a bug have crawled in his mouth when he was basking and had it opened. There is no way he ate anything himself.. he was 4 and had adenovirus. I’m wondering if that played a part. Maybe his bugs had toxins or his greens had pesticides? I would really like some closure. I appreciate it.
A few days ago on Friday, May 10th, my bearded dragon was acting normally. He was fed his lunch around 2pm and I had left for work until coming back at 10pm. He was on the cool side like normal but as I was about to sleep I heard weird noises like coughing almost. I picked him up and moved him to a blanket in his cage under a ceramic heat lamp. I then noticed his beard and it was extremely black. He looked very tired and not normal. Within an hour I realized he pooped and it was solid but also very soft at the same time. It smelled extremely strong. I was concerned, however there was no one to call in the middle of the night.
The next morning I called his vet and he got in at around 8am. Right before his appointment he vomited up food from the day before and it wasn’t digested at all. He looked bad afterwards and really stressed. At the vet, they did bloodwork and it came back normal, however they had to wait until Monday, (today) to tell me about his blood cells and if there is infection. They gave him a vitamins and fluids and a pain reliever and told me they’ll call me Monday. On Saturday, he was sleepy all day which was normal because of the pain medicine. I went to bed Saturday and at 5am I woke up and found him laying on his blanket with more vomit by his mouth but he wasn’t breathing. He was also limp. I took him to an emergency animal hospital and he had passed away. I was told today on the phone his results for the blood cell count test and the vet said he had high levels of toxins in his blood. I don’t understand what happened. Could a bug have crawled in his mouth when he was basking and had it opened. There is no way he ate anything himself.. he was 4 and had adenovirus. I’m wondering if that played a part. Maybe his bugs had toxins or his greens had pesticides? I would really like some closure. I appreciate it.
