Hi everyone, this is my first post here after being referred from r/beardeddragons. I'm excited to join this thriving community!
We've known for a while that Tawny has had kidney problems, probably due to adenovirus, which is causing her tummy to fill up with fluid. She was adopted last August from a family that had her in a tiny tank, only feeding her 5 or so crickets a day. She looked like a skinny crab when we got her. She had signs of mbd, but we thought she was doing better when her belly started to look chubby. However, around that time, I saw a beardie with similar symptoms on r/beardeddragons and suspected she had the same problem.
She's been to the vet multiple times since, had a fecal, etc., and is taking alopurinol and milk thistle for her kidneys now. However, we always knew the outlook wasn't good, and now it seems that her health has finally started to decline. She has become more lethargic of late, and has had less of an appetite. For now, we're concentrating on keeping her as comfy as possible, but my plan was to put her to sleep when she starts looking miserable or stops eating her roaches.
My primary concern now is keeping her comfortable and knowing when to go to the vet to put her to sleep. Do you have any advice about how we can make her last days as easy as possible? When should we go to the vet for the last time?
Here are some pics.
I love my log! http://imgur.com/y0pY3cy)
Sleepy girl http://imgur.com/KjTHgfT
Why you do this to mee??http://imgur.com/dC3aLoq
Passed out on her favorite blanket http://imgur.com/b4VmgBT
We've known for a while that Tawny has had kidney problems, probably due to adenovirus, which is causing her tummy to fill up with fluid. She was adopted last August from a family that had her in a tiny tank, only feeding her 5 or so crickets a day. She looked like a skinny crab when we got her. She had signs of mbd, but we thought she was doing better when her belly started to look chubby. However, around that time, I saw a beardie with similar symptoms on r/beardeddragons and suspected she had the same problem.
She's been to the vet multiple times since, had a fecal, etc., and is taking alopurinol and milk thistle for her kidneys now. However, we always knew the outlook wasn't good, and now it seems that her health has finally started to decline. She has become more lethargic of late, and has had less of an appetite. For now, we're concentrating on keeping her as comfy as possible, but my plan was to put her to sleep when she starts looking miserable or stops eating her roaches.
My primary concern now is keeping her comfortable and knowing when to go to the vet to put her to sleep. Do you have any advice about how we can make her last days as easy as possible? When should we go to the vet for the last time?
Here are some pics.
I love my log! http://imgur.com/y0pY3cy)
Sleepy girl http://imgur.com/KjTHgfT
Why you do this to mee??http://imgur.com/dC3aLoq
Passed out on her favorite blanket http://imgur.com/b4VmgBT