Hello. Our Beardie Pets have had it rough the past few months... First of all, our Big Girl Penny laid a bunch of eggs, of which 10 of them hatched around August 11th. The daddy was close to 12 years old, and we just recently lost him a couple weeks ago due to his old age... The babies all thrived, except for two of them... Around mid September, two of them started flipping over upside-down, having spasms, and no use of their back legs. Through much research, we found that this was likely MBD, and we quickly re-thought everything... We upped their calcium, changed their light, made double sure that their food was the perfect size, and became super cautious when it came to their temperature, and everything...
But here's the thing... Everything we read was about REVERSING MBD. But it hasn't reversed... We live hours away from a Reptile Vet, and really can't afford to go to one. These babies are having normal bowel movements, and eating dusted crickets, veggies, dandelion, and pellets. They are very active, and can drag themselves all over their tank with no problem, and one of them regained the use of its legs, (somewhat) and they don't flip upside down now. They haven't grown like their siblings, and have a definite deformity of their spine, tail, and legs... It is so sad to think we caused this, but so strange that all the others are normal, and that after changing everything, it didn't "reverse"... So now what? Is there a special way we can care for these paralyzed babies, or a way to reverse this disease? How long can one live this way, and will they grow okay? All of our research showed how to quickly reverse it, and stop the process which we feel we did to the best of our ability... But now what?
Just so you know: These two babies are in their own tank, with a Reptisun UVB light, and a heat lamp. Their tank is consistently between 80 and 90 on the warm side. They have never been in sand, they have always been on a reptile mat They get weekly baths like the rest of the babies. Other than their legs not working, and the noticeable curviness of their second half, they act completely normal.
But here's the thing... Everything we read was about REVERSING MBD. But it hasn't reversed... We live hours away from a Reptile Vet, and really can't afford to go to one. These babies are having normal bowel movements, and eating dusted crickets, veggies, dandelion, and pellets. They are very active, and can drag themselves all over their tank with no problem, and one of them regained the use of its legs, (somewhat) and they don't flip upside down now. They haven't grown like their siblings, and have a definite deformity of their spine, tail, and legs... It is so sad to think we caused this, but so strange that all the others are normal, and that after changing everything, it didn't "reverse"... So now what? Is there a special way we can care for these paralyzed babies, or a way to reverse this disease? How long can one live this way, and will they grow okay? All of our research showed how to quickly reverse it, and stop the process which we feel we did to the best of our ability... But now what?
Just so you know: These two babies are in their own tank, with a Reptisun UVB light, and a heat lamp. Their tank is consistently between 80 and 90 on the warm side. They have never been in sand, they have always been on a reptile mat They get weekly baths like the rest of the babies. Other than their legs not working, and the noticeable curviness of their second half, they act completely normal.
The symptoms definitely could be calcium deficiency, and if you say they have slight lower region deformities then it 100 % is. The babies MAY have ADV as well, but the symptoms + deformity mean for now it's MBD.
