Gout or just a paranoid Beardie mom?

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Hey guys! Hades just got over an injury and I was looking at his legs. Do they look swollen to any of you or am I just freaking out? Excuse his shedding. Always super worried about gout.
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colleen1999

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Some background info:

- Currently in a 40 gal

- 150 watt basking bulb

- ReptiSun T8 10.0 tube mounted inside the lid of the viv

- Eats crickets, dandelion greens and butternut squash daily

- Dusted in calcium powder 5x weekly and herptivite 2x

- Active!
 

KarrieRee

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Hiccup he is 6 and Blaze is 4
I dont see any swelling of his legs - so unless someone else sees different I would say no gout-- but I do see his back bone to me he looks a little thin- anytime I can see the back bone to me they are thin- I would add some BSFL to his diet w/ some worms- super worms medium size--- butter worms and some silk worms - you can get the silks and super worms from here http://www.reptilianarts.com -- these guys are shipping out fast and I would add some dubias in there too --- I would send you to mulberyfarms but they are taking weeks to get orders out -- you wont be able to get the butter worms from reptarts but the other worms and dubias you can --- start adding those worms to his salad - you can get the BSFL from http://www.symptonbsf.com from here -- the silks BSFL and dubias are all great staple feeders- use as many as you want of the BSFL order large please and do not dust them -- w/ all the worms and him eating his salads you will have a nice diet for him -- here is a website for nutrition ignore the kale thing its a good staple feeder http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html
Karrie
 

CooperDragon

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They look OK to me too. Sometimes their legs and fingers will swell a bit during a shed, which is clearly in play here. I'd wait until this shed completes and then check again. My guess is that the swelling will have subsided.
 

colleen1999

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KarrieRee":li42qxwo said:
I dont see any swelling of his legs - so unless someone else sees different I would say no gout-- but I do see his back bone to me he looks a little thin- anytime I can see the back bone to me they are thin- I would add some BSFL to his diet w/ some worms- super worms medium size--- butter worms and some silk worms - you can get the silks and super worms from here http://www.reptilianarts.com -- these guys are shipping out fast and I would add some dubias in there too --- I would send you to mulberyfarms but they are taking weeks to get orders out -- you wont be able to get the butter worms from reptarts but the other worms and dubias you can --- start adding those worms to his salad - you can get the BSFL from http://www.symptonbsf.com from here -- the silks BSFL and dubias are all great staple feeders- use as many as you want of the BSFL order large please and do not dust them -- w/ all the worms and him eating his salads you will have a nice diet for him -- here is a website for nutrition ignore the kale thing its a good staple feeder http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html
Karrie

Will do! Was actually considering BSFL awhile ago. I’m sure he’ll love them - he happily eats just about everything!
 

colleen1999

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CooperDragon":n395iwxf said:
They look OK to me too. Sometimes their legs and fingers will swell a bit during a shed, which is clearly in play here. I'd wait until this shed completes and then check again. My guess is that the swelling will have subsided.

That’s what I was thinking. He just had x-rays because he hurt his leg - the vet said everything looked fine then. Just ended up being a sprain. I’m sure I’m just being paranoid haha.
 
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