Recent content by skifflexie

Rogue, the male, is still doing great, he has physical signs of gout any more and has been off medication for a while. The small female (Calypso) didn't make it :( she passed away. Rogue is still pretty aggressive, he lunges at me, trying to bite, and if I pick him up with a towel he will whip...

I bought two beardies (siblings) from a breeder last January. Both have since developed gout. I have taken them the vet, who had some human gout meds diluted for me, but they didn't seem to help much. She suggested euthanizing if they don't get better. The male who is a month older is doing...

We didn't do a blood test, since he is only 69g. We will be doing one when he is bigger. Yes it is allopurinol, he is getting 1.4 mg daily. She looked at it the swellings and where they were located and said that it was gout, she got a huge reptile medical book, showed me the pictures and the...

Hey guys I recently found out I have a beardie with gout. I'm currently researching as much as possible on it. I want to do my best to give him a happy comfortable life. If any of you guys have any advice or tips, I would greatly appreciate your info! He is currently (02-18-14) is 69g and he was...

Well I got the little guy to the vet this morning (I haven't given him a name, since I originally planned to sell him to a coworker, but I guess I need to name him, since I will be keeping him) It is gout.... :( We are trying a human gout med that has been titrated down for his size. I can't...

Well hopefully it will not require surgery. I've been soaking it in bedadine. Someone on some other forums were saying it was dangerous and could spread and to get it removed. I would be more than happy if it just dropped off, I just don't want it to spread.

This is Santana's tail. I bought him at petsmart- where I work. He had a tail nip and some missing digits. The toes healed fine, but his tail looks like this.

Well good news, I got him an appointment for 9am tomorrow (with the good vet). The exam fee is $42.00 and the receptionist was unsure what the Dr. would want to do as far as xrays or draining. I brought up vitaminious, MBD, gout, is there anything else I should ask about??? I'm also bringing...

He is doing good still, no new swelling, good appetite, normal bm's. I haven't given him reptiboost in over a week now. I also haven't been dusting his food for the last few days.(I'll stop all supplementation for the next two weeks) Should I also cut out highly nutrient dense foods, like...

I thought it was an injury too, until the other morning when I woke up to him having a few random digits swollen.... I couldn't get ahold of the 'good' vet on friday. So I'll be calling again monday. I have a limited budget, so I'm hoping that the other vet is more reasonably priced. He is...

The previous owner used powesuns, I do not. I've had a reptisun 10.0 on him since I got him.-Last week I bought a new bulb, even though the other one wasn't but 2months old, I thought it could help. Before the injury I was supplementing (Exo Terra)Calcium w/ D3 5-6 days a week on crickets. And...

When at the first vet appt. I brought up MBD and Gout, the doctor told me she thought it was more trauma related. But I asked her if she would do a blood test and she said no, that he was too small...? He weighed 40 grams at his last visit. I haven't weighed him recently, but I know that he's...

So a few weeks ago I posted about one of the babies from a clutch that I had received, who had a swollen right leg. heres the link for back ground info: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=203930 For the last week it looked like the swelling was going down, and it was looking normal. Until this morning...

Thanks lol, I love Carlos Santana. One night when I had first got him, I was listening to a Santana playlist and all of a sudden he started trying to climb out of his cage. So I picked him up and he just hung out while I did some homework. It was the first time since I had gotten him that he...

There's no screen on his cage, that way he gets the full UVB. They did put heat packs in with the worms, but the shipping took over a week, and then it got lost at a sorting facility. He is getting warm baths daily. He is still eating like a champ. I'm going back home this weekend to take my...