ForRealDragons
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So this is very hard for me to even ask, but I can't bring myself to do it. I have a 10 year old bearded dragon, he'll be 11 in December, and I've had him since he was 6 months old, he came to me with MBD and after he recovered we've always had to deal with complication the disease left us, he's paralyzed in his lower end, and his digestive system has always been finicky, one minute fine and the next a lot of warm baths and tummy rubs. He's never been impacted and I had him checked, he's not impacted now. For about 2 1/2 weeks now when he goes to the bathroom he seem to be incredible pain, one day he got so scared he ran head first into his cage. His poops aren't abnormally large, his temps are fine usually 98 to 100 in his basking area, he doesn't like it too hot. Other than when he goes to the bathroom which he does every other day, he's normal, active, alert, eats all the time, I've been starting to give him more of just repashy veggie burger and I just got grub pie, to see if that makes him feel better, I'm suspecting he may have a parasite now too, when I was at the vet though, he said that he's an older dragon so the vet is worried about putting him through a de-worming treatment, because they can be so harsh on their systems and he's already fragile.
Today though was different, he went to the bathroom and then just laid in it... he look so depressed, after I cleaned him up, he seem happy and ate from my hand very viciously. I've been think about euthanasia for a week now, but he still seems so active and alive its hard for me to bring myself to it. Seeing him in these moment of pain are emotionally wearing me down, I hate to see him suffer, but then he goes back to being himself.. and I can't tell if I'm thinking of euthanasia to end his pain or mine.. I'm so sorry to make this so long, but what I want to know is what you think, ultimately its my choice I know but I cant tell if I'm being blinded by my own emotions, because I don't want to, I cant imagine him not being around anymore, so I don't know if I'm avoiding it for the right reasons?
Whatever advice you have is appreciated, I guess I'm just seeking help because I'm at a loss of what to do, we are doing a fecal by the way to confirm if and what parasite he may have. So what point does a bearded dragon reach that you consider its time to euthanize?
Today though was different, he went to the bathroom and then just laid in it... he look so depressed, after I cleaned him up, he seem happy and ate from my hand very viciously. I've been think about euthanasia for a week now, but he still seems so active and alive its hard for me to bring myself to it. Seeing him in these moment of pain are emotionally wearing me down, I hate to see him suffer, but then he goes back to being himself.. and I can't tell if I'm thinking of euthanasia to end his pain or mine.. I'm so sorry to make this so long, but what I want to know is what you think, ultimately its my choice I know but I cant tell if I'm being blinded by my own emotions, because I don't want to, I cant imagine him not being around anymore, so I don't know if I'm avoiding it for the right reasons?
Whatever advice you have is appreciated, I guess I'm just seeking help because I'm at a loss of what to do, we are doing a fecal by the way to confirm if and what parasite he may have. So what point does a bearded dragon reach that you consider its time to euthanize?