DylanBurke1012
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Hi everyone,
I have a 9 year old beardie who has been in good health for his entire life (other than prior pinworms that were treated). He just recently had begun twitching on the back side of his ribs near his legs, and also on his legs. He gets daily or bi-daily outside time for 30 min to an hour, his food is dusted with calcium when he's not on a liquid diet. (He was put on a liquid diet because he only eats hornworms, shows no interest in anything else) so I go back and forth between the liquid diet and hornworms. I also replaced his uvb tube lighting, and it's still happening on and off. It's not constant, but I'm not sure what to do.. I have a vet appointment next Thursday but the twitching seems to be getting worse and I'm not sure what I should do until they end up getting him a blood test, a physical, and a stool sample.
My vet is very smart, and I trust her completely but again it's getting worse and I have to wait 8 days until I can see her. Is there anything I can do as of right now? He isn't showing any other signs of distress other than when the twitching happens. Sometimes his heart rate is elevated but I think that's just because when I pick him up he's scared of heights and also scared of fast movements.. Again I'm not sure what to do, he's my babyboy and after 9 years If it was MBD it would've shown signs before now right?
I appreciate any responses.
I have a 9 year old beardie who has been in good health for his entire life (other than prior pinworms that were treated). He just recently had begun twitching on the back side of his ribs near his legs, and also on his legs. He gets daily or bi-daily outside time for 30 min to an hour, his food is dusted with calcium when he's not on a liquid diet. (He was put on a liquid diet because he only eats hornworms, shows no interest in anything else) so I go back and forth between the liquid diet and hornworms. I also replaced his uvb tube lighting, and it's still happening on and off. It's not constant, but I'm not sure what to do.. I have a vet appointment next Thursday but the twitching seems to be getting worse and I'm not sure what I should do until they end up getting him a blood test, a physical, and a stool sample.
My vet is very smart, and I trust her completely but again it's getting worse and I have to wait 8 days until I can see her. Is there anything I can do as of right now? He isn't showing any other signs of distress other than when the twitching happens. Sometimes his heart rate is elevated but I think that's just because when I pick him up he's scared of heights and also scared of fast movements.. Again I'm not sure what to do, he's my babyboy and after 9 years If it was MBD it would've shown signs before now right?
I appreciate any responses.