Recent content by emily92

Spyro is doing amazing!! His swelling has gone down, he has perked up clearly feeling better, and is growing so much! At his appointment sometime in January he was 34 grams. I weighed him yesterday, after his morning poop, and he’s 96 grams!! I’ve been feeding him a soy and corn free pellet...

He isn’t improving much just yet, but doesn’t seem to be getting worse either. The vet gave me an allopurinol compound made of a 100mg tablet in 14ml of orasweet. I have to give him 0.1 ml every day. He loves the cherry concentrate, but it’s harder to get him to drink plain water now. I also...

Thank you for the tip on the soy foods. I found a pellet food with no corn or soy that is made for optimal absorption and digestion. Spyro’s ankle initially started swelling after I gave him dubia roaches for the first and last time l, so now that makes sense. I’m not sure the exact dose...

He hasn’t done bloodwork, he didn’t think he’d be able to draw up much to test since he’s on the small side for his age. But he is consistently growing, I just ordered cherry extract and cranberry, switched his pellet food to the one I have that has all soy protein and has lots of greens in it...

Took him to the vet today. After looking into it more, he told me what I figured all along, Spyro has gout ?. He now has swelling in the joints in his front and back legs, and is starting to have limited mobility in one of his front legs. They are going to make an allopurinol compound...

Yep I’ve always given him water that way, while also leaving a water dish in his terrarium to drink/walk in

His appetite is decent, he’s not eating as much of his veggies and pellet food. But he’ll still devour his crickets. His mobility is bad, when he moves he stays low almost on his belly to avoid putting pressure on his back legs. He used to be all over his terrarium, now he just stays around...

I will mention gout again to the vet when he goes for another shot today. After today he only has one more. https://www.flickr.com/photos/186853520@N06/49530365628/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/186853520@N06/49530866366/in/dateposted-public/...

I originally thought it was gout when I took him to the vet. He said there were no crystals on the X-ray, so the only other thing he could think of as a cause would have been an injury that resulted in infection. It’s hard to tell if his front legs are swelling, since that’s where they’re...

Ya it was when I first got him, before I realized how fast he is. He’s learned not to even try it anymore, he just always stays close to me. Well, stays on me for the most part. Now the vet says he only needs 5 injections, so 2 more to go. The swelling is still bad, but after the first...

Just wanted to post an update. I took little dude to the vet today, who is now very concerned about the amount of swelling in his ankle. He thinks Spyro has an infection from some injury to his ankle that didn’t heal correctly, if at all. His other ankle is also beginning to swell, possibly...

I’m using an exo terra solar glo 125 watt with uva and uvb, plus a zoo med 75 watt to keep him warm enough in the winter (old house, always cold lol). His beard is only black under the usual circumstances that make him grumpy. But not constantly black

They did xrays last month and couldn’t tell if the ankle was broken, couldn’t see the bone thru the swelling. Vet said he thought there may be a small fracture in his leg, but also said it could just be the bones fusing together so he wasn’t certain