Recent content by KWest

Thank you, all for your kind words! --kim

Thank you for all your sympathies! I do not know if Taz had a form of cancer that would respond to treatment, or that I would even opt for treatment for humane reasons, but I did see that Petco, of all companies, is trying to help fund cancer treatments for reptiles. I just think if we caught...

Hello All, I write this with a heavy heart, as I just had to euthanize our 2 year old Taz. She was a vibrant red hypo-translucent leatherback that we bought from a local reptile store. At about 1.5 years of age her appetite began to decline. I took her to the vet, they ran a stool test and did...

Thanks, AHBD! I appreciate the hornworms suggestion and UV details. That came in handy today, especially, as it is cool and cloudy today and your advice made me realize that Taz and I did not have to withstand that for too long in order for her to get what she needs! She is a sweet and beautiful...

My beardie does have access to a basking bulb/105 degrees in addition to her UV lights. I called it her "heat lamp", but it is actually a large flood bulb that provides basking temperatures. Thank you for the responses and making sure my girl is being kept properly...it took us months to get...

Thank you for some great advice and questions, Brandon and aaradimian. I have now posted Taz's Xrays. It is quite a mass in her lower abdomen. Her weight in the past six months has gone from 375g to 302g, but her fat pads are now gone and all the weight is coming from the mass in her belly...

https://www.beardeddragon.org/media/19064/full[/url] Hello, I am so glad I found this forum! My 2 year old beardie has been not eating normally for about 6 months now. I took her to the vet within a week of when this first started and they tested for parasites and did an Xray, with no abnormal...