Hi any help or advise would be highly appreciated,
I have a 7 mo. old female bearded dragon, over the past week she has taken a nose dive. Her tank is small but I am just about to move her to a giant 40 gallon. I have just bought her the ideal Reptisun 10.0 UV bulb and her temperatures are good. She has repticarpet and eats Phoenix worms and meal worms, some dandelion greens now dusted with calcium.
A month ago, I noticed 2 bumps on her tail, one towards the top and one at the bottom. I took her to the vet and they did x-rays and told me that it was a minor bone infection and gave me Ceftazidme injections to give her over the course of several weeks. (The bumps are now gone) After a few shots, I noticed she was beginning to open her mouth a lot but didn't seem to be breathing through it. The vet said that the strong antibiotic she was on really ruled out RI and she also had no other symptoms except the mouth opening. I stayed the course of antibiotics and then 5 days ago she suddenly lost the ability to walk normally.
She wobbles when she walks, rolls over onto her back and cannot get up. She briefly lost interest in eating when she had been eating like crazy. I took her back to the vet who wanted to run blood tests and stuff but it would have been a massive amount of $ that I cannot afford right now. The vet suspected MBD because of her bad UVB bulb and lack of calcium supplements. She was given a calcium shot and I was told should perk up in 12-24 hours. I also have oral calcium supplements and an inflammatory that I must give daily. This was Saturday, it is now Tuesday. She is still weak, wobbly, her appetite is back but she opens her mouth constantly and I shined a flashlight in there and it looks bloodshot? Do they get strep? I'm so at a loss as to what to do for my little friend. Any advice, hope, help, would be appreciated.
I have a 7 mo. old female bearded dragon, over the past week she has taken a nose dive. Her tank is small but I am just about to move her to a giant 40 gallon. I have just bought her the ideal Reptisun 10.0 UV bulb and her temperatures are good. She has repticarpet and eats Phoenix worms and meal worms, some dandelion greens now dusted with calcium.
A month ago, I noticed 2 bumps on her tail, one towards the top and one at the bottom. I took her to the vet and they did x-rays and told me that it was a minor bone infection and gave me Ceftazidme injections to give her over the course of several weeks. (The bumps are now gone) After a few shots, I noticed she was beginning to open her mouth a lot but didn't seem to be breathing through it. The vet said that the strong antibiotic she was on really ruled out RI and she also had no other symptoms except the mouth opening. I stayed the course of antibiotics and then 5 days ago she suddenly lost the ability to walk normally.
She wobbles when she walks, rolls over onto her back and cannot get up. She briefly lost interest in eating when she had been eating like crazy. I took her back to the vet who wanted to run blood tests and stuff but it would have been a massive amount of $ that I cannot afford right now. The vet suspected MBD because of her bad UVB bulb and lack of calcium supplements. She was given a calcium shot and I was told should perk up in 12-24 hours. I also have oral calcium supplements and an inflammatory that I must give daily. This was Saturday, it is now Tuesday. She is still weak, wobbly, her appetite is back but she opens her mouth constantly and I shined a flashlight in there and it looks bloodshot? Do they get strep? I'm so at a loss as to what to do for my little friend. Any advice, hope, help, would be appreciated.
