milo0
Hatchling Member
I'm writing this, completely heart broken right now. My 7 year old angel, Milo, suddenly developed this extremely odd, vibrating head that would usually flare up when he moved around. This started Monday evening. I took him into the vet yesterday where she noticed his stool sample was extremely abnormal too (can post pictures if needed) and very watery/mucus-filled, but results showed no parasites. She also noticed his breathing was labored, yet his lungs were clear. During this entire hour of transporting him to the vet and there, he was EXTREMELY restless.... running in circles, climbing everywhere, etc. This is very much unlike him, as he tends to be more lazy. The circling that he was doing was especially concerning. Again... all of this happened from Monday and onward, he never showed a single symptom of anything until then. Most of what he's showing is neurological issues plus the recent abnormal, mucus poop.
My first thought was MBD, but she does not think it's that due to his proper lighting and supplements. He definitely does not have a great diet (he flat our refuses vegetables/fruits, and I ended up giving up and substituting with worms of all types, dust, and supplemental veggie + fruit pellets). So he has at least been getting the nutrients he needs, and the vet said it was better than him eating nothing. This has been years of battling him and I had to call it quits and just accept that he will not eat salads, period.
Basically, she is leaning towards it being adenovirus, because of the clear neurological symptoms he's exhibiting. She prescribed him Baytrill + Liquid calcium and I am to return in 1-2 weeks for an update. I'm not a fan of antibiotics, but because of his abnormal stool, she wanted to rule out any bacterial infection possibilities. I've went ahead and ordered these two items (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002DGYIC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) in hopes that the probiotics especially will help during his treatment time, and those new pellets will give him some more added nutrients. I'll be adding the probiotic powder to his bathees and syringe feeding to ensure he gets enough (unless there's a better method?). I've also started dusting his pellets with calcium and bee pollen, as well as trying EVERYTHING in my power to get him onto salads again. Nothing is working, but at this point I'm willing to start force feeding him veggie smoothies again if I must. Hate to stress him out like that, but I will do it if necessary.
I'm trying to remain positive about this, but the word "adenovirus" terrifies me because there is no cure. My vet told me he basically would have become infected as a baby, so all these years he's had it but it never showed until now. There's no other way he would have contracted it recently, as he is the only reptile in my house and I've had no contact with any other reptiles recently. She wanted to wait and see if the calcium and antiobiotics helped before running blood on him, which god I hope does the trick. Is there anything at all that you guys can suggest I do ontop of what I'm doing now? I can't lose him. He's only 7 years old, and he doesn't deserve this. Please help me help my little buddy. ;(
My first thought was MBD, but she does not think it's that due to his proper lighting and supplements. He definitely does not have a great diet (he flat our refuses vegetables/fruits, and I ended up giving up and substituting with worms of all types, dust, and supplemental veggie + fruit pellets). So he has at least been getting the nutrients he needs, and the vet said it was better than him eating nothing. This has been years of battling him and I had to call it quits and just accept that he will not eat salads, period.
Basically, she is leaning towards it being adenovirus, because of the clear neurological symptoms he's exhibiting. She prescribed him Baytrill + Liquid calcium and I am to return in 1-2 weeks for an update. I'm not a fan of antibiotics, but because of his abnormal stool, she wanted to rule out any bacterial infection possibilities. I've went ahead and ordered these two items (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002DGYIC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) in hopes that the probiotics especially will help during his treatment time, and those new pellets will give him some more added nutrients. I'll be adding the probiotic powder to his bathees and syringe feeding to ensure he gets enough (unless there's a better method?). I've also started dusting his pellets with calcium and bee pollen, as well as trying EVERYTHING in my power to get him onto salads again. Nothing is working, but at this point I'm willing to start force feeding him veggie smoothies again if I must. Hate to stress him out like that, but I will do it if necessary.
I'm trying to remain positive about this, but the word "adenovirus" terrifies me because there is no cure. My vet told me he basically would have become infected as a baby, so all these years he's had it but it never showed until now. There's no other way he would have contracted it recently, as he is the only reptile in my house and I've had no contact with any other reptiles recently. She wanted to wait and see if the calcium and antiobiotics helped before running blood on him, which god I hope does the trick. Is there anything at all that you guys can suggest I do ontop of what I'm doing now? I can't lose him. He's only 7 years old, and he doesn't deserve this. Please help me help my little buddy. ;(