SilverGravity
Hatchling Member
Hey everyone, never thought I’d be in here for my own girl. I had Steve, my rescue beardie, a few years back if anyone remembers him. My girl, Sapphire, had always been doing poorly but she had been to several (4 I think) exotic vets and they always said she was doing great and she’s had fecals done several times that have always been negative. I finally found a good vet for her, and she had lots of issues going on. Underweight, muscle wasting, tooth issues, severe dehydration, lots wrong I kinda knew but no one ever agreed with so she never got proper care. She did a bacteria culture of her poop and we found out she had very bad salmonella. She got antibiotics and her poop went back to a more normal shape (it was a gross liquid puddle before) and she was gaining weight since I was making her eat squash in the morning and afternoon she got a critical care mix from my vet.
Suddenly she’s started going downhill again. She’s losing weight to the point where I think she’s worse than before the vet, and I can see her bones down her tail as it’s sunken now, and she’s I think vomiting. Yesterday there was a small clear puddle with some undigested squash in her tank, and today there is a large clear puddle with a lot of undigested squash in it. I thought yesterday she vomited because I overfed her (even tho it was less than what she was being fed the week after the vet) so I fed her less but today there was the bigger puddle of it. She had a small poop that looked normal last night so I don’t think this is poop. I will try to attach a picture, I haven’t been here in awhile so hopefully I remember how.
If anyone has any ideas as to what could be going on please let me know. I called my vet but they aren’t open today. I did email her already, just figured maybe someone here would know something. She already had bloodwork which was normal except for low electrolytes since she’s dehydrated and there is a second bacteria culturing but I have not heard back about what it is yet, but I’m thinking it was killed with the salmonella antibiotic since her poops are normal now. Don’t know for sure sure. Thank you for any insight if anyone knows anything!
Suddenly she’s started going downhill again. She’s losing weight to the point where I think she’s worse than before the vet, and I can see her bones down her tail as it’s sunken now, and she’s I think vomiting. Yesterday there was a small clear puddle with some undigested squash in her tank, and today there is a large clear puddle with a lot of undigested squash in it. I thought yesterday she vomited because I overfed her (even tho it was less than what she was being fed the week after the vet) so I fed her less but today there was the bigger puddle of it. She had a small poop that looked normal last night so I don’t think this is poop. I will try to attach a picture, I haven’t been here in awhile so hopefully I remember how.
If anyone has any ideas as to what could be going on please let me know. I called my vet but they aren’t open today. I did email her already, just figured maybe someone here would know something. She already had bloodwork which was normal except for low electrolytes since she’s dehydrated and there is a second bacteria culturing but I have not heard back about what it is yet, but I’m thinking it was killed with the salmonella antibiotic since her poops are normal now. Don’t know for sure sure. Thank you for any insight if anyone knows anything!