Recent content by ibeebonesy

I really, greatly appreciate the replies and the kind words. I needed them. Luna passed away this morning. The CT results aren’t fully back yet, but it is likely she was terminal from the time we got her two years ago. They said the physiological changes in her organs and her lungs were not...

tl;dr - Has anyone else had a rescue case that went horribly after many years of ups and downs and how the hell do you deal with the guilt? ** I do not know what to do. I have a rescue beardie named Luna I’ve had for about two years and she is currently in ICU at the veterinary teaching...

Sometimes as the necrotic tissue dries up and gets ready to fall off you see a bit of red where the new tissue underneath is trying to form. If you're having trouble telling if it's spreading, you can use a non-toxic paint pen (usually get them in the kid's craft section) to mark a line a few...

I use the F10sc already for disinfection, my vet is just not on board with using it for nebulization yet. Her concern is damage to the lung tissues; even though it seems to be an up and coming method for treating RIs it's just not common here yet, so I'm holding off for now. It's on our research...

Thank you for the reassurance! I think we're finally making some progress, she actually looked at food today and managed to eat a couple of phoenix worms. Still no veggies, but she's starting to run around more. Means more coughing, but at least the mucous seems to be thinning enough that she...

She'll lick the baby food up out of reflex, I think, but doesn't seem to be interested in food at all right now. From past experience with Fortaz in snakes and iguanas that seems to be a side effect. :/ She gets weighed once a week, and it seems pretty consistent around 500g still. I think...

So, the herp specialist we see is out of town until this weekend. Luna is halfway through her first round of antibiotic injections (Fortaz every three days) and I really can't tell if it's getting better or worse. I've never dealt with a beardie URI before, so I'm just frazzled. I can't tell if...

Awesome! I pretty much have everything except the F10 for that, so I'll ask my vet about it. I was thinking about switching over to F10 instead of chlorhexadine for disinfecting stuff anyways since it doesn't break down as fast. Thanks!!

Thank you for the advice on the hornworms!! I'll order an extra pod so we have some more on hand. We're really not too sure if she'd ever seen veggies, she came with pellets and the nasty crickets and that was it. :/ Fortunately she's bulking up pretty fast despite her pickiness. She does drink...

Beardie Info: Luna - 4ish yo female normal type rescue 40G breeder with reptile carpet Reptisun 10 tube UVB across the top, basking rock on one side, hammock on the other for her to get as close to UVB as she wants (6" or so at the high point, 12"ish when she's laying on the bottom). Hot side...