Sorry for the very long post
I took in a bearded dragon through a friend who was no longer interested in the poor creature. We took her to a vet where it was confirmed she is loaded with parasites. She’s currently on a 3 day on/10 day off cycle of antibiotics. She’s extremely thin and probably smaller than she should be, but we don’t know her actual age, just that she’s at least 2 years old.
She has been receiving hydration therapy as well as another vitamin injection (the name escapes me right now) every 3-4 days. I have seen a very great improvement in her coloring and personality over the past couple of weeks of all of this...eating her greens and some soldier fly larvae in addition to oxbow critical care (mixing in some calcium powder and baby food squash). I assume the weight gain would be a lengthy process as she was probably like this for some time.
Her blood work test came in today which the Doctor described as “bleak”. Her red and white blood cell count is extremely low, along with albumin, globulin, and uric acid levels. X-rays didn’t show any obstructions or anything else out of the ordinary. They also recommended starting a weekly iron shot.
She seems to have some fight in her. So my question is, is there anything I should be doing in addition to this? And of course the more sad question, which I hate to even ask, is it worth it for her quality of life or am I just prolonging her possible suffering?
I took in a bearded dragon through a friend who was no longer interested in the poor creature. We took her to a vet where it was confirmed she is loaded with parasites. She’s currently on a 3 day on/10 day off cycle of antibiotics. She’s extremely thin and probably smaller than she should be, but we don’t know her actual age, just that she’s at least 2 years old.
She has been receiving hydration therapy as well as another vitamin injection (the name escapes me right now) every 3-4 days. I have seen a very great improvement in her coloring and personality over the past couple of weeks of all of this...eating her greens and some soldier fly larvae in addition to oxbow critical care (mixing in some calcium powder and baby food squash). I assume the weight gain would be a lengthy process as she was probably like this for some time.
Her blood work test came in today which the Doctor described as “bleak”. Her red and white blood cell count is extremely low, along with albumin, globulin, and uric acid levels. X-rays didn’t show any obstructions or anything else out of the ordinary. They also recommended starting a weekly iron shot.
She seems to have some fight in her. So my question is, is there anything I should be doing in addition to this? And of course the more sad question, which I hate to even ask, is it worth it for her quality of life or am I just prolonging her possible suffering?