Recent content by ian37

Hello there... our beautiful Draggi was fine (if slowing down a bit) until just a few months back, but then went into rapid decline. I hope that isn't happening to your Veerin, but you need to prepare yourself. 10 is a good age for a dragon, ours was around the nine year mark and the vet said...

Folks, I'm very sad to have to follow up to this thread with the news that Draggi has died. It was inevitable, I suppose, but we still hoped. He would no longer accept crickets as of a few weeks ago. When he stopped accepting vegetables too, we knew it was the end. He just spat out food...

Hello Diane, and thanks to Gulfbrzdawn for contacting you. What you wrote was very helpful, and is much appreciated. Sorry, I haven't online for a few days. We've racked up some substantial vet fees in the past few months - more than in the entire life of our Draggi (that's his name, btw)...

Thank you for the replies... to answer the questions, yes - he's got a new UVB light (regularly replaced), his food is always supplemented with calcium/vitamin powder. The medicine is Destolit - 0.25 mg/day (ursodeo). Thanks for the suggestions of Milk Thistle extract... not sure if we want...

Thanks Beardie Parents... it's so hard to watch though. For about four years, he wouldn't accept any food unless it was hand fed by my wife. She used to sit with him for hours, saying, "Please eat, draggy - please eat" - it wasn't nice, but she just about force-fed him crickets until he...

Folks, My dragon seems to be very seriously on the decline. He's a rescue pet - the previous owners almost totally neglected him for the first couple of years of his life. He's now nearly 10, but looks like he won't last very long at all. He was very active up until last september, when he...