Pictures: Rescued beardy
I took this 7-8yo beardy in as of yesterday (April 9th, 2023) afternoon. I've a number of concerns regarding his health due to prior care. To start off, I will mention that I'm working to replace his entire setup ASAP with initial changes being ditching the repticarpet, changing heat and uvb bulbs, and giving him a proper diet. He has the earliest available vet appointment on April 22nd, but id like to discuss things sooner. Onto what concerns I have and why before I ask for recommendations.
He previously had a heat + uvb bulb in one, a "day white light 75w bulb" from reptisun, that was around a foot from his basking spot. There was no uvb tube to supplement. His prior tank setup was identical to the picture I shared in the above album save for repticarpet instead of paper towels, with the heat being far above the left side. His old diet was spring mix greens with misc fruit on a daily basis, and 30-50 medium crickets 2-3 times per week with calcium + d3 dusting on each cricket feeding.
My initial concerns are mbd from the lack of uvb, gout from the protein heavy diet, diabetes from the sugar heavy diet, and it appears that care may have dropped off in the past month or two given he seems rather underweight compared to the original pictures I was sent and he weighed in at 380-390g roughly 2 hours after a dubia feeding today. Additionally, the coloration of his tail has me concerned. I dont know if it's maybe cutoff circulation from stuck shed, burn marks, stress marks, tail rot... I'm not sure.
Behavior wise, he refused to eat greens (collard, mustard, parsley) throughout today but chowed down on dubias in the late afternoon. His previous owner reported he refused to eat greens yesterday but ate 40+ crickets on Saturday. He's been in his basking spot for most of the time I've watched him though he has roamed the tank a little. He doesn't seem lethargic to me but ive only seen his behavior for 2 days now.
I let him roam the office a little while I was preparing his tank and he was a little wobbly for a moment which reinforces my concerns about health, but when I went to take a video he straightened out and seemed fine while running about for a 2 minute period. He had no issue hunting the dubias today either.
If there's anything I need to keep in mind or do outside of ordinary care until the vet, recommendations are appreciated. My plans for now are just the usual daily mixed greens, every other day dubias, calcium once per week. His heat was changed to an exoterra 75w with 105f basking temp and a t5ho 10.0 reptisun tube. My herpstat 2 is arriving tomorrow or the next day to verify temps and control as necessary.
I took this 7-8yo beardy in as of yesterday (April 9th, 2023) afternoon. I've a number of concerns regarding his health due to prior care. To start off, I will mention that I'm working to replace his entire setup ASAP with initial changes being ditching the repticarpet, changing heat and uvb bulbs, and giving him a proper diet. He has the earliest available vet appointment on April 22nd, but id like to discuss things sooner. Onto what concerns I have and why before I ask for recommendations.
He previously had a heat + uvb bulb in one, a "day white light 75w bulb" from reptisun, that was around a foot from his basking spot. There was no uvb tube to supplement. His prior tank setup was identical to the picture I shared in the above album save for repticarpet instead of paper towels, with the heat being far above the left side. His old diet was spring mix greens with misc fruit on a daily basis, and 30-50 medium crickets 2-3 times per week with calcium + d3 dusting on each cricket feeding.
My initial concerns are mbd from the lack of uvb, gout from the protein heavy diet, diabetes from the sugar heavy diet, and it appears that care may have dropped off in the past month or two given he seems rather underweight compared to the original pictures I was sent and he weighed in at 380-390g roughly 2 hours after a dubia feeding today. Additionally, the coloration of his tail has me concerned. I dont know if it's maybe cutoff circulation from stuck shed, burn marks, stress marks, tail rot... I'm not sure.
Behavior wise, he refused to eat greens (collard, mustard, parsley) throughout today but chowed down on dubias in the late afternoon. His previous owner reported he refused to eat greens yesterday but ate 40+ crickets on Saturday. He's been in his basking spot for most of the time I've watched him though he has roamed the tank a little. He doesn't seem lethargic to me but ive only seen his behavior for 2 days now.
I let him roam the office a little while I was preparing his tank and he was a little wobbly for a moment which reinforces my concerns about health, but when I went to take a video he straightened out and seemed fine while running about for a 2 minute period. He had no issue hunting the dubias today either.
If there's anything I need to keep in mind or do outside of ordinary care until the vet, recommendations are appreciated. My plans for now are just the usual daily mixed greens, every other day dubias, calcium once per week. His heat was changed to an exoterra 75w with 105f basking temp and a t5ho 10.0 reptisun tube. My herpstat 2 is arriving tomorrow or the next day to verify temps and control as necessary.