clyde612
Juvie Member
- Beardie name(s)
- Clyde
So first of all Clyde has been brumating since mid-september. Quite a long time. I get him up a 3-4 times a month to give him water and heat him up a little bit on a heating pad (he ate before going down so I do this to make sure his digestive system keeps processing whatever is in there). Unfortunately right before he went down I was worried about him (I didn’t expect pre-brumation behavior in July/August) and took him to the vet several times. They were unable to locate an issue except that his white blood cell level were a tiny bit high. They recommend antibiotics and since his lethargy was frightening me I agreed. After 2 injections I stopped. They were supposed to be every 3 days and I think he was supposed to have about 10 doses. I couldn’t get the syringe or him to cooperate and I was worried about giving my little buddy strong meds when I didn’t even know the issue. Shortly after he began full-time brumation and I realized THAT was the lethargy. He HAS NOT POOPED since he has those antibiotics (they were not oral) which scares me a little. I know his metabolism is super slow right now and even though the antibiotics were only supposed to last 3 days in his system I worry that it was too much given the slow metabolism that the vet didn’t account for.
Long story short I got him out for water and he walked away to go get cozy and go back to sleep. His walking is PRETTY normal, but a little unbalanced and sluggish. Just a little bit. Is it normal for them to walk a bit slow and less coordinated when they’re in the middle of brumation? I have a video but he’s walking pretty normal in it, I didn’t capture the part where he seemed less coordinated.
Long story short I got him out for water and he walked away to go get cozy and go back to sleep. His walking is PRETTY normal, but a little unbalanced and sluggish. Just a little bit. Is it normal for them to walk a bit slow and less coordinated when they’re in the middle of brumation? I have a video but he’s walking pretty normal in it, I didn’t capture the part where he seemed less coordinated.