Recent content by redwithenvy

Jess: after I irrigated his eye, he went to hide in his cave. I'll get a pic up tomorrow.

Thank you, AHBD. I truly appreciate it. Will do all the above.

My buddy looks like he may have some eye irritation. He has some sand around his eye and it's weeping a bit. Someone suggested saline. Is that safe? Where do I find pure saline? (I'm told not to use the contact lens version..) Please help! His eye is puffy and looks uncomfortable. Any other...

Thank you, Mscarter. I appreciate you taking time to answer. It makes me feel a little better to know that it may be old age. He is a grumpy old man, after all. Have a nice weekend!

My beardie is special. He's always had some health problems and he's the ripe old age of 9. I'm concerned that he's not feeling so hot. He sleeps about 22 hours a day. He'll eat every two or three days and he poops okay, he's just tired all the time and will often shut his eyes when I try to...

Thank you both. I'm sure he needs a break from the meds. He's still sleeping a lot, but eating and pooping. The coughs are still there, but I'm giving him lots of love. Again, thank you for the advice.

I have a 7 year old male. For the last six months, he's been sick with what was diagnosed as a respiratory infection. I started noticing him 'coughing' (for a bit I mistakenly thought it was him being defensive or agitated.) He had some mucus in his mouth and it would bubble at the corners of...

Tracie: Thanks for the help. He's on Fortaz. We gave him a month's worth of shots. He was better temporarily and then started showing signs of getting sick again. We started a new month, which is the next step my vet suggested since it worked the first time. If he's still ill, we need to go in...

I have a 7 year old male. I took him to the vet about 2 weeks ago because of a cough and mucus. They gave me injections for a respiratory infection and he's 7 shots in of 10. All my knowledge of infections is based off of what I know about humans. I'm guessing that he should be getting better...

Tracie: Yes, I upped the temp in his tank. He stopped tilting his head around by the next afternoon after the bath. So whatever the excess water did to him, he's alright now. I can't recall the name of the antibiotic he's taking. It's been about 2 weeks and he seems to be improving from that...

Also, he's not tilting his head today. Seems right as rain.

He doesn't like to bask, but he ate and pooped. Sadly he already has a respiratory infection that we're currently treating him for (probably because he avoids heat - we've had to increase because he'll find the coldest spot to hide.) He has some 'issues' and is a strange one indeed. Weirdest...

My beardie gets so excited about the water in his bath that he ends up submerging his head and drinking so much water that he coughs it up. He'll even go back for more. I gently lift his head out of the water to keep him from drinking so much. Last night, he went to town on the water and now...

Cooper: Thanks again. I'll take him in for a checkup!

Thanks for the response, Cooper. He hasn't lost weight at all - he's pretty fat, actually, with a thick, healthy plump tail and he's eating and pooping just fine. I have seen him a few times with bubbles forming at the corners of his mouth. His beard never really turns black - I've seen it...