IluvBeardedDragons18
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Hi my name is bettyann I have a bearded dragon named Saphira, she will be a year old on the 10th of this month...I have only made a few posts but dont know what else to do for Saphira...
I have spent over 2 thousand dollars on her to get her well and I love her to death but I dont know what else to do...I got her last august from a breeder she seemed fine and was doing good and eating great, she was 3 months old when I got her...she is a female citrus tiger...so back in oct she started not to eat to much, and was acting strange to me so I took her to my exotic vet who did a sonagram, blood work, checked her for parasites and a few other things that cost me over 400 dollars, find out she had pinworms so she was treated and retested and fine, she still continued to only eat a few worms a day, not anything like she used to eat, btw i was feeding her dubias, wax worm a few for a treat and giving her salad everyday even though she has never touched salad since I got her, she still continued to not eat but remained her weight as I have a gram scale to weigh her on and i do it weekly.. she was 15 and a half inches long and 380 grams...so vet told me if she wasnt loosing alot of weight not to worry so I didnt but then in dec she started to sleep all the time and not get up and I know about brumation but something was still off so I took her back and this time she tested positive for coccidea, so once again we treated her and she was retested and cleared, in January she stopped eating altogether and was put on omnivore and carnivore critical care and liquid calcium, so I was syringe feeding her everyday so she would get her nutrition, this went on for months and the vet said she should be coming out of brumation if that is what is causing this and well she didnt so I took her back to vet and low and behold he did more extensive tests on her and found out that this time after he got her reports back that she has samanella sorry some of the words i know I am not spelling correct but am in a hurry...so now he had me cut her back on the critical care in hopes that she would start eating on her own well she still isnt...I have tried everything that beardies eat and not a thing, she is presently being treated with anitbiotics that I have to give her by a shot and she only has 2 more shots left...she still will not eat...I bought her some can mealworms, I know worst thing ever but if i pull her lip down on the side and place the worm in her mouth she will eat it but she is only still eating maybe 5 or so a day...this is the only thing I have gotten her to eat, so I am going with that for now and once she is awake she is up and moving around but not like the Sahpira I once knew..I keep her terrarium extremely clean at all times, fresh food and water everyday...the vet said she is well hydrated as I bath her at least 2 times a week and mist her once a day...she has not improved like I thought she was gonna and I am at a loss of what else to do, her temps are all the correct temps as I have a heat gun and I check her temps several times a day...she is in a 40 gallon breeder terrarium and has a t5 ho 10.0 uvb tube bulb that is only a couple of months old and I have now ordered a uvb meter reader to make sure the bulb is giving out the correct amount of uvb even though it is only a couple months old...My vet has told me that he has done everything that he knows to do for her to make her better and said that if she doesnt get better then he can recommend me to go out of state to a specialist to see what could be going on and I have no money left to do so I have already spent about 2 grand on her and tapped out my cards, I cant miss work as I am only part time and have no vacation time to use and to top all of this off my husband was just diagnosed with cancer and we dont even know how that is going to go at this point...I just dont know what else I can do or have missed to try to make her better...she is now 16 and a half inches long and 350 grams...if anyone can offer any advice I would greatly appreciate it...I love saphira to death but I dont know what else I can do...I contacted the breeder I got her from and all he said is that she could have cancer as beardies do get cancer...someone please help, I dont want to loose my saphira but going out of state and to a specialist is out of the question...'thaks for all who read this and may give me some insight, I appreciate it...Saphiras mom
I have spent over 2 thousand dollars on her to get her well and I love her to death but I dont know what else to do...I got her last august from a breeder she seemed fine and was doing good and eating great, she was 3 months old when I got her...she is a female citrus tiger...so back in oct she started not to eat to much, and was acting strange to me so I took her to my exotic vet who did a sonagram, blood work, checked her for parasites and a few other things that cost me over 400 dollars, find out she had pinworms so she was treated and retested and fine, she still continued to only eat a few worms a day, not anything like she used to eat, btw i was feeding her dubias, wax worm a few for a treat and giving her salad everyday even though she has never touched salad since I got her, she still continued to not eat but remained her weight as I have a gram scale to weigh her on and i do it weekly.. she was 15 and a half inches long and 380 grams...so vet told me if she wasnt loosing alot of weight not to worry so I didnt but then in dec she started to sleep all the time and not get up and I know about brumation but something was still off so I took her back and this time she tested positive for coccidea, so once again we treated her and she was retested and cleared, in January she stopped eating altogether and was put on omnivore and carnivore critical care and liquid calcium, so I was syringe feeding her everyday so she would get her nutrition, this went on for months and the vet said she should be coming out of brumation if that is what is causing this and well she didnt so I took her back to vet and low and behold he did more extensive tests on her and found out that this time after he got her reports back that she has samanella sorry some of the words i know I am not spelling correct but am in a hurry...so now he had me cut her back on the critical care in hopes that she would start eating on her own well she still isnt...I have tried everything that beardies eat and not a thing, she is presently being treated with anitbiotics that I have to give her by a shot and she only has 2 more shots left...she still will not eat...I bought her some can mealworms, I know worst thing ever but if i pull her lip down on the side and place the worm in her mouth she will eat it but she is only still eating maybe 5 or so a day...this is the only thing I have gotten her to eat, so I am going with that for now and once she is awake she is up and moving around but not like the Sahpira I once knew..I keep her terrarium extremely clean at all times, fresh food and water everyday...the vet said she is well hydrated as I bath her at least 2 times a week and mist her once a day...she has not improved like I thought she was gonna and I am at a loss of what else to do, her temps are all the correct temps as I have a heat gun and I check her temps several times a day...she is in a 40 gallon breeder terrarium and has a t5 ho 10.0 uvb tube bulb that is only a couple of months old and I have now ordered a uvb meter reader to make sure the bulb is giving out the correct amount of uvb even though it is only a couple months old...My vet has told me that he has done everything that he knows to do for her to make her better and said that if she doesnt get better then he can recommend me to go out of state to a specialist to see what could be going on and I have no money left to do so I have already spent about 2 grand on her and tapped out my cards, I cant miss work as I am only part time and have no vacation time to use and to top all of this off my husband was just diagnosed with cancer and we dont even know how that is going to go at this point...I just dont know what else I can do or have missed to try to make her better...she is now 16 and a half inches long and 350 grams...if anyone can offer any advice I would greatly appreciate it...I love saphira to death but I dont know what else I can do...I contacted the breeder I got her from and all he said is that she could have cancer as beardies do get cancer...someone please help, I dont want to loose my saphira but going out of state and to a specialist is out of the question...'thaks for all who read this and may give me some insight, I appreciate it...Saphiras mom