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    Slate Sealant?

    I'm just about finished with the fake rock climb/hide for my new viv, but wondering if I should seal the slate flooring too? I have slate in the current tank and I love it, but wondering if I should seal it to make it less porous/more sanitary? I plan to seal it with aquarium silicone to keep...
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    Juvenile Beardie in Kidney Failure

    Hi Brandon and Tracie, Happy New Year! My guy is doing good kidney wise. We retested before the holidays and his values were even better. I saw another vet in the practice this time and he questions whether the initial number was somehow spiked by something, that maybe it wasn't a chronic issue...
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    Juvenile Beardie in Kidney Failure

    Thanks Brandon. I almost wish we'd checked separately w/o meds and w/o dubias to see if that was the direct cause. Now he's on the allopurinol AND I had stopped dubias which dropped his level back to normal. I'd be curious to know if just dietary changes would have dropped it to normal and if...
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    Juvenile Beardie in Kidney Failure

    Thank you AHBD! I'll pass this along. I keep my roaches primarily on sweet potato as food for the short time I have them, but honestly who knows what they're getting before that.
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    Juvenile Beardie in Kidney Failure

    Hi, yes it is overhead. He spends a lot of time within range of the UVB. His blood recheck on Friday showed uric acid back down to 7, CK was still pretty elevated, and glucose was elevated but the vet thought that was due to being stressed. I'm no longer giving him sub fluids but he is is still...
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    Juvenile Beardie in Kidney Failure

    Thanks Tracie! It's a 10.0 T8 so its mounted inside his tank, on the back wall.
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    Juvenile Beardie in Kidney Failure

    He's his normal self today too, no change in his behavior so it's still surprising that he has this issue. I gave him his fluids and medicine this morning with no issues. His urates were nearly all water yesterday and today, which I guess is to be expected with all these fluids and him not...
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    Juvenile Beardie in Kidney Failure

    Also, a quick Google search of high CK levels can indicate muscle wasting and muscular dystrophy. I'm no vet, but to be honest I've kind of thought it could be that as he moves similar to the videos I've seen of beardies with MD. Along with his xray showing that he's mostly fat and not much...
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    Juvenile Beardie in Kidney Failure

    Thanks Brandon. That's what I was thinking too. I think more BSFLs should be okay, right? I'd give crickets but he can't really chase after them. I can get more butter worms too, and will look at hornworms tonight.
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    Juvenile Beardie in Kidney Failure

    Thanks. I think I'm going to leave his enclosure as is for now, just lower the hammock a bit. He doesn't fall off of it and can climb onto it okay, so changing it up is lower on the priority list for now. I picked him up today and he's his normal friendly self. We are going to rerun blood work...
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    Juvenile Beardie in Kidney Failure

    Here's a pic of his enclosure. I have been using the Reptisun 10.0 T8 mounted inside the tank since about a week after I got him (early September). His cool temp is 70-75, hot side ambient temp is around 85, different levels of basking are between 95 and 110. At night it drops to 70...
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