ClovisDragon
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Hello,
In July our 4-year old male stopped eating, and we took him to the vet. A blood test confirmed that he was anemic, and the vet gave 3 different shots that must be administered for 45 days - Fortaz (100 mg/ml) 0.18 ml every 3 days, Iron Dextran (200 mg/ml) 0.05 ml every 3 days, and 0.14 ml of B Complex every other day. She also gave milk thistle liquid that must be given orally daily (0.15 ml). 9 days into treatment he started eating on his own, and everything is good. We finished his treatments in early September and a simple blood count showed normal count (Low 30s)
However, about 10 days later (mid september) he lost appetite again. A second comprehensive blood test was run and his HCT was down to 15 again (the first test in July was 7). Most of all other measurements were within range:
CBC-WBC: 7.5
HCT: 15
RBC Morphology: Normal, and no blood parasites
Protein is a little low (3.0) with Albumin and Globulin 1.5 each.
SGOT 13
BUN 1
He is also low on Glucose (108) and Potassium (1.1)
Fecal test shows normal amount of parasites. (pin worms)
The vet doubled the Fortaz, and now we're on the 2nd run of treatment and it's been 15 days and he still doesn't eat on his own. We syringes fed him and forced some crickets down his poor throat every day. He is still able to move and lift him self up to the basking spot.
Environment:
He has a 40-gallon tank, and we use 80-W SolarGlo (I think it is) UVA and UVB that's on 10 hours a day. Basking spot temperature is around 96 using temperature gun. There's no poop in his enclosure (we clean it as soon as possible).
We are desperate because even the vet (one of the experts in the area, only 2 available) doesn't know why he doesn't eat. Please pardon my ignorance, but in one of the post it looks like if a Dragon is going into brumation his blood count will also drop. Is that right? Is that possible that he is going for brumation? We've had him for almost 3 years and he's never gone to brumation. We live in a hot central California.
Please help....
thank you very much,
Clovis Dragon
In July our 4-year old male stopped eating, and we took him to the vet. A blood test confirmed that he was anemic, and the vet gave 3 different shots that must be administered for 45 days - Fortaz (100 mg/ml) 0.18 ml every 3 days, Iron Dextran (200 mg/ml) 0.05 ml every 3 days, and 0.14 ml of B Complex every other day. She also gave milk thistle liquid that must be given orally daily (0.15 ml). 9 days into treatment he started eating on his own, and everything is good. We finished his treatments in early September and a simple blood count showed normal count (Low 30s)
However, about 10 days later (mid september) he lost appetite again. A second comprehensive blood test was run and his HCT was down to 15 again (the first test in July was 7). Most of all other measurements were within range:
CBC-WBC: 7.5
HCT: 15
RBC Morphology: Normal, and no blood parasites
Protein is a little low (3.0) with Albumin and Globulin 1.5 each.
SGOT 13
BUN 1
He is also low on Glucose (108) and Potassium (1.1)
Fecal test shows normal amount of parasites. (pin worms)
The vet doubled the Fortaz, and now we're on the 2nd run of treatment and it's been 15 days and he still doesn't eat on his own. We syringes fed him and forced some crickets down his poor throat every day. He is still able to move and lift him self up to the basking spot.
Environment:
He has a 40-gallon tank, and we use 80-W SolarGlo (I think it is) UVA and UVB that's on 10 hours a day. Basking spot temperature is around 96 using temperature gun. There's no poop in his enclosure (we clean it as soon as possible).
We are desperate because even the vet (one of the experts in the area, only 2 available) doesn't know why he doesn't eat. Please pardon my ignorance, but in one of the post it looks like if a Dragon is going into brumation his blood count will also drop. Is that right? Is that possible that he is going for brumation? We've had him for almost 3 years and he's never gone to brumation. We live in a hot central California.
Please help....
thank you very much,
Clovis Dragon