Pigeoncracker
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Hello!
So I made the mistake of getting a baby bearded dragon from a local pet shop. We had proper care for our Bearded Dragon, named Sawyer for the first two or three months. Proper shedding, eating tons and tons of food, very energetic, then we encountered an issue of not enough heat and low UVB. We went through several broken bulbs and a few fixtures to get one that worked, but by then it had been almost a month and our beardy was looking a little sickly. We changed her cage and the heat, getting to about 107F on the basking rock and 70 - 80F on the cold side of the tank with a Reptisun 10.0 UVB Florescent tube inside the tank affixed to the wall.
But during that absence and the month or two after that, her appetite has slowed to a crawl, she hasn't shed for at least a month and a half at all, her joints have swollen up and she has a lump right under her ear canal. She's incredibly lethargic, dragging her body around the tank slowly and refusing to eat anything except the occasional Dubia roach and mustard green. We've been syinging her calcium and black cherry juice in case it's gout and to hopefully recover from the lack of UVB.
I've taken her to a nearby vet and she put her on antibiotics for something way more specific than I can remember, but it isn't making a difference and I haven't gotten any email response back from the vet. If anything, symptoms have worsened and it breaks my heart watching her crawl around her tank. She's small for her age too.
Is there anything more an incredibly concerned beardie owner can do? She's about almost a year old. I know we have messed up on our care for her, but I am trying my best to make sure she recovers and despite my best efforts and research, I'm stuck.
So I made the mistake of getting a baby bearded dragon from a local pet shop. We had proper care for our Bearded Dragon, named Sawyer for the first two or three months. Proper shedding, eating tons and tons of food, very energetic, then we encountered an issue of not enough heat and low UVB. We went through several broken bulbs and a few fixtures to get one that worked, but by then it had been almost a month and our beardy was looking a little sickly. We changed her cage and the heat, getting to about 107F on the basking rock and 70 - 80F on the cold side of the tank with a Reptisun 10.0 UVB Florescent tube inside the tank affixed to the wall.
But during that absence and the month or two after that, her appetite has slowed to a crawl, she hasn't shed for at least a month and a half at all, her joints have swollen up and she has a lump right under her ear canal. She's incredibly lethargic, dragging her body around the tank slowly and refusing to eat anything except the occasional Dubia roach and mustard green. We've been syinging her calcium and black cherry juice in case it's gout and to hopefully recover from the lack of UVB.
I've taken her to a nearby vet and she put her on antibiotics for something way more specific than I can remember, but it isn't making a difference and I haven't gotten any email response back from the vet. If anything, symptoms have worsened and it breaks my heart watching her crawl around her tank. She's small for her age too.
Is there anything more an incredibly concerned beardie owner can do? She's about almost a year old. I know we have messed up on our care for her, but I am trying my best to make sure she recovers and despite my best efforts and research, I'm stuck.