GermanGiant3
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Hey, everyone. I hope someone here can perhaps shed some light on what is going on with my buddy. I got Pablo in May of 2016, and he rapidly grew ever since that day. Whenever he is out in public, people note how big he is compared to Beardies they have seen.
In August 2017, he developed what I can only describe as a front left leg injury. The leg was very swollen and messed up looking, he did not want to use it too much. X-rays did not show anything abnormal, however. He was given a course of Baytril and seemed to be doing alright, but the swelling in the left leg never completely went away. On August 17th, when the top layer of skin finished shedding, a LOT of yellow Pus came out of his leg. The swelling went down a little bit, but it is still large compared to his other leg and he lays in positions that quite frankly scare me. The leg has not opened up again since that day. He eats, is alert for the most part and is curious, etc. But he throws his limbs in incredibly strange fashions, squeezes himself between things (I found him trying to fit between the cricket container and trash can etc).. I'm hoping a few photographs here can shed some light on this.
Last vet visit showed no signs of MBD and he was about 550 grams then. Started course of Baytril that never really helped the leg swelling, was never followed up due to no fracture and uncertainty if putting him through anything else would be beneficial. I have tried soaking the leg, upped his calcium and d3, etc.. But he still just does not seem quite right to me.
Picture of his deformed toe on back left foot: https://imgur.com/a/lnD5f
Swollen left front leg with him holding it strangely as he does with his "normal" front leg too: https://imgur.com/a/EIrRg
His very strange lay that he keeps doing that is concerning me, with limbs somewhat twisted outward: https://imgur.com/a/oKZV0
Him and I when he's being alert and not flopping his limbs in strange ways: https://imgur.com/a/khaYb
And finally a very small bit of the high amount of yellow stuff that came out of his leg in August. I believe this photo was the last bit and the leg hasn't opened up again since, but it is still swollen.. https://imgur.com/a/yp44g
Any input would be greatly appreciated. He means the world to me and I don't know how much of his strange behaviors I can attribute to weather right now.
In August 2017, he developed what I can only describe as a front left leg injury. The leg was very swollen and messed up looking, he did not want to use it too much. X-rays did not show anything abnormal, however. He was given a course of Baytril and seemed to be doing alright, but the swelling in the left leg never completely went away. On August 17th, when the top layer of skin finished shedding, a LOT of yellow Pus came out of his leg. The swelling went down a little bit, but it is still large compared to his other leg and he lays in positions that quite frankly scare me. The leg has not opened up again since that day. He eats, is alert for the most part and is curious, etc. But he throws his limbs in incredibly strange fashions, squeezes himself between things (I found him trying to fit between the cricket container and trash can etc).. I'm hoping a few photographs here can shed some light on this.
Last vet visit showed no signs of MBD and he was about 550 grams then. Started course of Baytril that never really helped the leg swelling, was never followed up due to no fracture and uncertainty if putting him through anything else would be beneficial. I have tried soaking the leg, upped his calcium and d3, etc.. But he still just does not seem quite right to me.
Picture of his deformed toe on back left foot: https://imgur.com/a/lnD5f
Swollen left front leg with him holding it strangely as he does with his "normal" front leg too: https://imgur.com/a/EIrRg
His very strange lay that he keeps doing that is concerning me, with limbs somewhat twisted outward: https://imgur.com/a/oKZV0
Him and I when he's being alert and not flopping his limbs in strange ways: https://imgur.com/a/khaYb
And finally a very small bit of the high amount of yellow stuff that came out of his leg in August. I believe this photo was the last bit and the leg hasn't opened up again since, but it is still swollen.. https://imgur.com/a/yp44g
Any input would be greatly appreciated. He means the world to me and I don't know how much of his strange behaviors I can attribute to weather right now.