MorganaTheSatyr
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Hiya!
I took my (nearly 2 year old) dragon to a different vet for a check up (she had some spots on her tummy scales and like open scars on her wrists). The doc said that it could be a bacterial infection and prescribed a 3 day course antibiotics via injection (he legit asked me if a beardie's tail falls off because that's where he was to inject her) To me that was a red flag - surely he should know that dragon's tails don't fall off like a gecko's would. So I was dubious from the get go. But then he just proceeded to inject her before I had time to ask him stuff. Then I asked him if I should notice any side effects and he said no - and he was right - she was moving about normally and although she wasn't eating because I had to keep her at a different location, she was more interested in exploring the house than eating. Note: now that she's back in her tank she's eating and pooping fine.
I went for the second injection last saturday - now the last one is one tuesday. I'm seeing no difference in her scales they're still the same as they were, not getting better but not getting any worse either. I asked some people on reddit and some told me that they were quite common blemishes. So I'm wondering why am I giving her antibiotics if they're for nothing?
Should I stop giving them to her ? or Should I stick to the last one (hoping that this time they don't hurt her, the nurse on saturday actually made her bleed a bit) ?
I'll attach a link to the images I took for the reddit post:
https://imgur.com/gallery/vmfqmch
https://imgur.com/gallery/o7foRQ5
Thanks for your help!!
~a very worried mum
I took my (nearly 2 year old) dragon to a different vet for a check up (she had some spots on her tummy scales and like open scars on her wrists). The doc said that it could be a bacterial infection and prescribed a 3 day course antibiotics via injection (he legit asked me if a beardie's tail falls off because that's where he was to inject her) To me that was a red flag - surely he should know that dragon's tails don't fall off like a gecko's would. So I was dubious from the get go. But then he just proceeded to inject her before I had time to ask him stuff. Then I asked him if I should notice any side effects and he said no - and he was right - she was moving about normally and although she wasn't eating because I had to keep her at a different location, she was more interested in exploring the house than eating. Note: now that she's back in her tank she's eating and pooping fine.
I went for the second injection last saturday - now the last one is one tuesday. I'm seeing no difference in her scales they're still the same as they were, not getting better but not getting any worse either. I asked some people on reddit and some told me that they were quite common blemishes. So I'm wondering why am I giving her antibiotics if they're for nothing?
Should I stop giving them to her ? or Should I stick to the last one (hoping that this time they don't hurt her, the nurse on saturday actually made her bleed a bit) ?
I'll attach a link to the images I took for the reddit post:
https://imgur.com/gallery/vmfqmch
https://imgur.com/gallery/o7foRQ5
Thanks for your help!!
~a very worried mum