Recent content by Someplacedude

I totally agree. The worst part is that she's the only exotics vet in my city. The next closest one is about an hour away. Which I'm happy to go to for my girl's sake, but it would be so much better to have a competent exotics vet closer to where I'm at. On the bright side, there is also a 24/7...

Thanks, Tracie! Yeah I'm wondering about the low protein diet too. I obviously want to do everything I can to prevent her from making eggs, but to my knowledge it's not so much bugs/protein/fat that makes them develop eggs, but being overfed. Which is obviously not what my vet said. So the...

Thanks! I was super happy to hear the vet say so much good stuff about her. When it's every day watching tiny progress, it can seem like nothing much is changing. I will make sure to keep you guys updated :) Thanks for caring about my little gal.

An update for anyone who wants one: Lemon had her vet appointment today and they said she's doing very well. They were surprised at how she's bounced back from such a long time of not getting what she needs. Her bones are almost all recalcified. The fractures are healing rapidly and her swelling...

Aww, thanks! Yeah I'm just wondering what the best weight is when it comes to her whole situation. She's definitely surprised me with how much she's improved in the last 4-ish months. She was in a pretty bad way and she'll never be normal, but it seems like she is really trying to get better...

I'm not super sure what morph she is but if I had to guess I'd say she definitely has leatherback from at least one of her parents. She's not completely smooth on her back, but almost. She's been recovering pretty fast, to the amazement of me and the vets. Using critical care has definitely...

Yeah, the way people treat them pisses me off too. I've been using critical care since her first emergency vet visit, for 2 months it was the only way to get her to eat. Hopefully when she's done with the antibiotics and antiparasite meds she'll have a normal appetite. But yeah critical care...

Hi Tracie, I took some pictures of her for reference. She can't walk normally, her from arms are kind of stuck bent and curled in. We are doing physical therapy with her, but she won't even be fully normal. She used to barely be able to walk or even lift herself up at all, so at least she's...

Hey, yeah I've tried to feed her waxworms, but she looks at me like I'm trying to kill her and then runs away. Idk what that's about... lol. She's a weird gal. I've never tried butterworms tho, maybe it's worth a try.

Thanks for the info and reassurance. I will talk to the vet about her physical condition at our next visit, especially the fat pads, ribs and hip bones. Her hip bones are still really visible, her ribs used to show all the way to her spine, now they show about halfway from the spine, so she's...

My little rescue girl, Lemon, is about eight years old (according to her previous owner), and came to us looking very emaciated and malnourished, dehydrated, and pretty much unable to move around because of muscle atrophy and MBD. She was living in a too-small setup with repticarpet, a single...