Hello,
I just found out that my 5 1/2 year old beardie Sid has severe arthritis, and am looking for any suggestions/help on how to help her with the pain. Apparently this is rare in lizards. Basically my vet has said we can try drugs, but if it doesn't work I should consider putting her down as she's in a lot of pain.
Long story short she was a happy healthy dragon and then last March she started to get tail rot. After three tail amputations (the last one May 2016), she finally healed properly but I started to notice twitching and pain in right back leg and back and minimal/difficult mobility after healing. X-rays show severe arthritis, so we tried metacam first (0.2 cc) every day but did not help. Now she is on Buprenorphine (0.02 cc) every day, which seems to be helping a bit as she's more alert and eating but still not great.
Anyone had this in their beardie and if so how did you deal with it? I love my baby and want to try all I can before deciding to put her down.
I just found out that my 5 1/2 year old beardie Sid has severe arthritis, and am looking for any suggestions/help on how to help her with the pain. Apparently this is rare in lizards. Basically my vet has said we can try drugs, but if it doesn't work I should consider putting her down as she's in a lot of pain.
Long story short she was a happy healthy dragon and then last March she started to get tail rot. After three tail amputations (the last one May 2016), she finally healed properly but I started to notice twitching and pain in right back leg and back and minimal/difficult mobility after healing. X-rays show severe arthritis, so we tried metacam first (0.2 cc) every day but did not help. Now she is on Buprenorphine (0.02 cc) every day, which seems to be helping a bit as she's more alert and eating but still not great.
Anyone had this in their beardie and if so how did you deal with it? I love my baby and want to try all I can before deciding to put her down.