BobBlackbeard
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It is NOT MBD, and it is not genetic. I was breeding dragons for years and chose to get out of the business but my last babies are plagued with an issue and I cannot find out what the cause is.
I had multiple clutches from unrelated parents, different ages, kept in different cages. I had some that started having symptoms last year and lasted into this year with every change I could possibly make before I had them put down. I isolated them, but they came from completely separate cages, and their cage mates were not affected. I changed bulbs, gave them supplements, went through vet recommended antibiotics, nothing changed anything. Most would eat enthusiastically, but flopped horribly, if I kept them very warm. They were fat but wouldn't grow very fast. If I picked them up they would either curl up or fling their arms wildly. I had finally put down the last one a month ago, and suddenly another juvenile, not related to any of the others or ever caged with them, has begun to develop symptoms. It progresses similarly in every dragon, but some just curl up and lay there, and others flop and seem to lose all control.
I have wondered about pesticides, viruses, genetics, or illness in my feeders, but everything I buy is organic, I am using the same foods I have been using for years, I have switch feeders. They are coming from unrelated clutches and different cages. Everyone has new bulbs and gets regular calcium. I even went through a deep sanitation of the entire room. NOTHING stops it, slows it down, changes it. I am at a loss.
I would love to know if anyone knows what this is. I am going mad... My vet doesn't have a clue.
I had multiple clutches from unrelated parents, different ages, kept in different cages. I had some that started having symptoms last year and lasted into this year with every change I could possibly make before I had them put down. I isolated them, but they came from completely separate cages, and their cage mates were not affected. I changed bulbs, gave them supplements, went through vet recommended antibiotics, nothing changed anything. Most would eat enthusiastically, but flopped horribly, if I kept them very warm. They were fat but wouldn't grow very fast. If I picked them up they would either curl up or fling their arms wildly. I had finally put down the last one a month ago, and suddenly another juvenile, not related to any of the others or ever caged with them, has begun to develop symptoms. It progresses similarly in every dragon, but some just curl up and lay there, and others flop and seem to lose all control.
I have wondered about pesticides, viruses, genetics, or illness in my feeders, but everything I buy is organic, I am using the same foods I have been using for years, I have switch feeders. They are coming from unrelated clutches and different cages. Everyone has new bulbs and gets regular calcium. I even went through a deep sanitation of the entire room. NOTHING stops it, slows it down, changes it. I am at a loss.
I would love to know if anyone knows what this is. I am going mad... My vet doesn't have a clue.