Hi,
Thanks for all the responses, update below too.
The other bloodwork is the first pic two posts up of mine.
I think you're right though, the vet saw what looks like mummfied eggs in her latest x-ray and he red blood cell count is at 7 (up from 6 last week which isn't great but it's something.) The vet is still trying to figure out why she's losing red blood cells because there isn't any blood in her fecal sample they looked at yesterday.
Next steps are putting her on anti-biotics because the vet thinks an infection could be the cause of red blood cell levels going down and then we're going to take her to a vet college in Guelph for an ultrasound and potentially a blood transfusion. The vet thinks that either they're eggs or potentially tumors, either way we're eventually most likely going to need surgery after we get her red blood cell count up.
Does anyone have any experience with finding another beardie to be a blood donor? The vet says the risk to the donor is low/none, but I don't know many/any folks around Toronto with bearded dragons.
Thanks for all the responses, update below too.
Do you have other bloodwork too, of the calcium levels, etc as well?
I am basing thoughts from the first bloodtest set but it is possible she is shelling eggs,
with the calcium levels so high. Have they done x-rays to see if there are eggs or an
ultrasound if there are unshelled eggs or developing follicles?
The other bloodwork is the first pic two posts up of mine.
I think you're right though, the vet saw what looks like mummfied eggs in her latest x-ray and he red blood cell count is at 7 (up from 6 last week which isn't great but it's something.) The vet is still trying to figure out why she's losing red blood cells because there isn't any blood in her fecal sample they looked at yesterday.
Next steps are putting her on anti-biotics because the vet thinks an infection could be the cause of red blood cell levels going down and then we're going to take her to a vet college in Guelph for an ultrasound and potentially a blood transfusion. The vet thinks that either they're eggs or potentially tumors, either way we're eventually most likely going to need surgery after we get her red blood cell count up.
Does anyone have any experience with finding another beardie to be a blood donor? The vet says the risk to the donor is low/none, but I don't know many/any folks around Toronto with bearded dragons.