PetLover2018
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Hi all,
I have a beardie that is sick. To cut the long story short (Because the story is very long), I got two bearded dragons on 19/12/18. The reason why I got two is because I fell in love with them and I was getting a massive tank and stuff and though they'd love being together. Anyway, I traveled 3 hours to get them. Ended up getting two baby dragons from the petstore, one of them although looked very small and lethargic but I was new to it all and probably should have known better. One of them is sick, the other one is perfectly fine.
So here it goes, my little one, Pixie. The pet store told me they feed her every 2 days and shes a good eater.. Obviously when i brought her home she had no interest what so ever to eat, or even lift her head. So I waited 2 days just in case she was stressed, then brought her to an exotic vet. He gave her an antibiotic shot, and told me her stool sample showed high growth of coccidia, and pin worms also. So then we started her on treatment for it, Sulfatrim drops. Which she takes every other day.
Anyway, so she is on
1. Reptaboost 3 baths a day
2. She is on Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment 2 times a day
3. Sulfatrim drops every other day
4. Critical care formula, and baby food 2-3 times a day (with some added calcium).
So we've been to the vet 3 times, last on 3/1/19, shes gotten 3 antibiotic shots at this stage. Its been a week on the Sulfatrim drops, 3 weeks on the baths, critical care formula, baby food and the eye ointment. She was very alert few days ago, and then now became lethargic again, sleeps all day really, but does move sometimes around her basking spot. Her eye also had some old shed as the vet told me on it, so he started her on the ointment, and it actually worked. But few days ago the right eye lid became swollen which is new. Sometimes i really think shes dead cuz shes not moving :/ But then she comes around again. Like if i pick her up gently, she climbs on my finger etc, and sometimes jumps too. But sleeps for most of the time anyway, often completely flat on the log, but has been a little bit better since her treatments. To make things worse her latest poops are just baby food, which the vet told me isnt great which means she isnt digesting her food.
When i first got her, you can imagine how stressed i was.... now i got a hang of things.. But the reason why im posting is, i just want some opinions fired my way. Should I keep going? is it too much for the beardie, is she suffering.. Now she is fed via syringe, so I do have to force feed sometimes when she doesnt eat. Also her size - she is extremely small.. As i mentioned above, I should have known better... They told me she wasnt sick and she just had a slow metabolism. Im so stupid
She is 3 grams, and in 3 weeks that I have her she is still 3, Im trying so hard but nothing is working She is 4.5 inches long.. no change in that also.
Me and the vet spoke about it, and obviously the parasites feed on the food i give her, so hence no growth. But.. He said the whole treatment for coccidia is 3 weeks, were now on week 2. Hopefully start seeing some changes soon She has no interest in eating crickets... She looks at it as if shes interested, but goes back to sleep then..
Just a quick info, I was in touch with the person who sold me Pixie. They also told me actually that she is 12 weeks old.. f... liers... He offered to take her away and give me a new dragon, after ive been looking after her for more than 2 weeks , so the answer was obviously a no. So she may die on my watch, but alteast I know she was loved and I did everything I could.
And also, I separated her from the other beardie, were getting his stool tested, incase he got it from her, so he may need treatment as well. She has her own 3 ft tank, with 75w basking light +75% intense, temp ranking around 40c, UVB light but not sure which one tbh, and little log to bask on and obviously water bowl food bowl etc, she climbs into water bowl sometimes and sits there.
I will try post some pictures of her now and her viv.
Thank you for all your help.
I have a beardie that is sick. To cut the long story short (Because the story is very long), I got two bearded dragons on 19/12/18. The reason why I got two is because I fell in love with them and I was getting a massive tank and stuff and though they'd love being together. Anyway, I traveled 3 hours to get them. Ended up getting two baby dragons from the petstore, one of them although looked very small and lethargic but I was new to it all and probably should have known better. One of them is sick, the other one is perfectly fine.
So here it goes, my little one, Pixie. The pet store told me they feed her every 2 days and shes a good eater.. Obviously when i brought her home she had no interest what so ever to eat, or even lift her head. So I waited 2 days just in case she was stressed, then brought her to an exotic vet. He gave her an antibiotic shot, and told me her stool sample showed high growth of coccidia, and pin worms also. So then we started her on treatment for it, Sulfatrim drops. Which she takes every other day.
Anyway, so she is on
1. Reptaboost 3 baths a day
2. She is on Chloramphenicol 1% eye ointment 2 times a day
3. Sulfatrim drops every other day
4. Critical care formula, and baby food 2-3 times a day (with some added calcium).
So we've been to the vet 3 times, last on 3/1/19, shes gotten 3 antibiotic shots at this stage. Its been a week on the Sulfatrim drops, 3 weeks on the baths, critical care formula, baby food and the eye ointment. She was very alert few days ago, and then now became lethargic again, sleeps all day really, but does move sometimes around her basking spot. Her eye also had some old shed as the vet told me on it, so he started her on the ointment, and it actually worked. But few days ago the right eye lid became swollen which is new. Sometimes i really think shes dead cuz shes not moving :/ But then she comes around again. Like if i pick her up gently, she climbs on my finger etc, and sometimes jumps too. But sleeps for most of the time anyway, often completely flat on the log, but has been a little bit better since her treatments. To make things worse her latest poops are just baby food, which the vet told me isnt great which means she isnt digesting her food.
When i first got her, you can imagine how stressed i was.... now i got a hang of things.. But the reason why im posting is, i just want some opinions fired my way. Should I keep going? is it too much for the beardie, is she suffering.. Now she is fed via syringe, so I do have to force feed sometimes when she doesnt eat. Also her size - she is extremely small.. As i mentioned above, I should have known better... They told me she wasnt sick and she just had a slow metabolism. Im so stupid
She is 3 grams, and in 3 weeks that I have her she is still 3, Im trying so hard but nothing is working She is 4.5 inches long.. no change in that also.
Me and the vet spoke about it, and obviously the parasites feed on the food i give her, so hence no growth. But.. He said the whole treatment for coccidia is 3 weeks, were now on week 2. Hopefully start seeing some changes soon She has no interest in eating crickets... She looks at it as if shes interested, but goes back to sleep then..
Just a quick info, I was in touch with the person who sold me Pixie. They also told me actually that she is 12 weeks old.. f... liers... He offered to take her away and give me a new dragon, after ive been looking after her for more than 2 weeks , so the answer was obviously a no. So she may die on my watch, but alteast I know she was loved and I did everything I could.
And also, I separated her from the other beardie, were getting his stool tested, incase he got it from her, so he may need treatment as well. She has her own 3 ft tank, with 75w basking light +75% intense, temp ranking around 40c, UVB light but not sure which one tbh, and little log to bask on and obviously water bowl food bowl etc, she climbs into water bowl sometimes and sits there.
I will try post some pictures of her now and her viv.
Thank you for all your help.