Well, it's good that his liver function and kidney function was fine, that's a big load off your mind...you know, I hate to say it, but if he had a 20g+ poop in him then that could have been effecting things as well, we all know how we feel when we have abdominal cramping, bloating, etc.
Definitely lethargy due to being overweight is probable, just like a person, dog, etc. It's tough when they refuse to eat many greens/veggies as an adult, I know, I had a boy like that too, he weighed around 680 grams during the last 4 years of his life or so, and I was always worried about Fatty Liver Disease, but he never showed any signs of it either...
I am glad that you chose to not give him the Baytril...see what I meant? No infection at all, and he would have most likely be made to feel worse than he did by being given an oral antibiotic that he didn't need at all. Then it would take him forever to start eating again, you risk a secondary fungal infection from the antibiotic, etc. I'm sorry if I got agitated during my first post, as I said it certainly wasn't at you but rather your vet, who by the way I don't think is trying to "take advantage" of you at all either. Some vets certainly do try to milk every cent they can out of people, your vet actually did the opposite, he didn't run all the possible tests that he could. It's usually the vets who work at large veterinary chains that do this, like Banfield Vet Hospitals (the ones owned by Petsmart), because that's their corporate business plan, and they actually have a flow chart of tests they have to try to milk out of people at each visit (I know multiple vets and vet techs that have worked for Banfield, all of which have quit after only short periods of time...stay away!) If they don't at the very least offer every diagnostic test and/or medication/prescription as they can possibly justify to ever patient then their monthly statistics will be lower than the country-wide average, and this causes issues with corporate, who will then send in instructors to tell the vets how to do their jobs in a way to maximize profits for their particular clinic/hospital, with absolutely no regard for the animal as long as they "do no direct harm" to them...it's sickening, they actually do go over the monthly statistics and compare them against the country-wide high, average, and low, and then have to figure out what they aren't offering and/or demanding that patients pay for.
Your vet was simply following what many other exotics vets do when they don't have an answer for what's wrong with a reptile or a bird, they prescribe an antibiotic "just in case", usually Baytril, and then "wait and see". It's becoming the norm unfortunately. But it's not typically a money-making thing, it's a lack of knowing what to do next thing...
I'm glad he's feeling better and that his gas is almost resolved, that can't be comfortable at all.
Definitely lethargy due to being overweight is probable, just like a person, dog, etc. It's tough when they refuse to eat many greens/veggies as an adult, I know, I had a boy like that too, he weighed around 680 grams during the last 4 years of his life or so, and I was always worried about Fatty Liver Disease, but he never showed any signs of it either...
I am glad that you chose to not give him the Baytril...see what I meant? No infection at all, and he would have most likely be made to feel worse than he did by being given an oral antibiotic that he didn't need at all. Then it would take him forever to start eating again, you risk a secondary fungal infection from the antibiotic, etc. I'm sorry if I got agitated during my first post, as I said it certainly wasn't at you but rather your vet, who by the way I don't think is trying to "take advantage" of you at all either. Some vets certainly do try to milk every cent they can out of people, your vet actually did the opposite, he didn't run all the possible tests that he could. It's usually the vets who work at large veterinary chains that do this, like Banfield Vet Hospitals (the ones owned by Petsmart), because that's their corporate business plan, and they actually have a flow chart of tests they have to try to milk out of people at each visit (I know multiple vets and vet techs that have worked for Banfield, all of which have quit after only short periods of time...stay away!) If they don't at the very least offer every diagnostic test and/or medication/prescription as they can possibly justify to ever patient then their monthly statistics will be lower than the country-wide average, and this causes issues with corporate, who will then send in instructors to tell the vets how to do their jobs in a way to maximize profits for their particular clinic/hospital, with absolutely no regard for the animal as long as they "do no direct harm" to them...it's sickening, they actually do go over the monthly statistics and compare them against the country-wide high, average, and low, and then have to figure out what they aren't offering and/or demanding that patients pay for.
Your vet was simply following what many other exotics vets do when they don't have an answer for what's wrong with a reptile or a bird, they prescribe an antibiotic "just in case", usually Baytril, and then "wait and see". It's becoming the norm unfortunately. But it's not typically a money-making thing, it's a lack of knowing what to do next thing...
I'm glad he's feeling better and that his gas is almost resolved, that can't be comfortable at all.
