Justiceserene":pfi2pkb4 said:
I hope not, I got my first beardie at petsmart and I got layla(who passed) at petco, if she had a disease does that mean that my other beardie could have it now ? He seems healthy to me, I'm very upset should I try to go to a vet to see what happened?
Poor little girl
.... to die so young. I can imagine how upset you are.
If they were they sharing a viv it's highly likely the other is now infected.
But even if not (sharing) you may have inadvertently passed any infectious pathogen on simply by handling both if you didn't take steps to quaranteen her.... a very good policy to quaranteen new comers for at least a few months and practice good infection control during that time.
If they were sharing , this may well have contributed to the new little one's death (too scared / stressed to eat), though as said , it's most likely she was already very sick and the stress of relocation tipped her over the edge .
The shop more than likely knew she was sick when they sold her to you (because petshop staff nearly always know FA about the proper care of lizards and give only enough food to keep them alive (maybe ?) in order to maximize the profit from each lizard when sold and they simply don't care if they get sick or get attacked and injured by the other lizards or even if they die before sold , and they are forced to share a display tank with lots of others nearly always with totally inadequate lighting and hardly ever cleaned .
I'd be taking the little corpse back to the petshop and demanding a refund.
A necropsy might indicate the cause of death (but no guarantees there). Probably a waste of money.
If she had a nasty infection (atadenovirus say) and shared or you handled her then the other or the other's food without washing hands properly, yes, it's likely the older beardie is now infected. You might be lucky and be in the clear, only time will tell.
If you plan on getting another to replace her , PLEASE make sure you properly sterilize her viv and all her viv furniture (I recommend investing in a 200 ml bottle of F10sc and a 1L spray bottle , and using 1 part F10sc : 250 parts water in the spray bottle to sterilize the her viv and stuff , essentially all you need do is spray all hard surfaces with diluted F10 , let airdry for 30mins , and wipe away the residue with a piece of dry paper towel and you are done ==> all the germs will be dead.