bayoupig5
Sub-Adult Member
Not a good week. Just lost a beardiie to kidney disease October 10th and now my other dragon has a bone infection. My two trips to the vet already cost me $1000. This all started when I noticed she had a little trouble walking and then I noticed her swollen ankle. The vet trip included x-rays and blood work. X-ray showed that the bones in her affected foot were smaller. After radiologist interpretation and second opinion it was definitely noted that this infection was causing bone loss. However, they are not sure what is causing it. They want to sedate her and aspirate the swelling and send it off for review and culture sensitivity....at a cost of another 500 dollars! Wow...so expensive. But we still do not have any blood test results yet. So I do not know if gout or another factor could be contributing to this. Never the less...is a bone infection treatable...is this something that can be dealt with and give her another couple years of life. Or am I fighting an uphill battle. Another 500 is a lot just to tell us what kind of antibiotic to use especially if prognosis is poor. The vet could not specify prognosis...so. I am here hoping to get any feedback. Also my inclination is to wait for blood results before anything else....but at the same time I don't want this to get worse while we wait. Poor Littlefoot...she is 6 and a half...I am barely into the loss of one and now am struggling to deal with this one. Any help...thoughts advice is appreciated.