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Since unfortunately this vet is only in on Fridays, I only have tomorrow to make the appointment or I have to wait an entire week (or longer). I will be taking him in tomorrow afternoon at 4:30pm. The specialist is several hours drive away and I worry that trip will really stress everyone...

Hi Tracie, The other vet called and said that he has gone over Darius' file and the fecal test came back clear and that he wants to do more bloodwork. His last bloodwork was in December and it was only cbc not calcium and all that. The problem was last time we went to the vet poor Darius got...

Update: Darius spent yesterday and today in his cool end hide, it was tricky but I still managed to hand feed him both days as normal. He is sleeping most of the day. He did not do the breathing thing yesterday or today while I checked on him frequently which leads me to believe it is heat...

Hi Tracie, Darius seems alright so far today he is mostly napping under the basking bulb. Still no black beard and ate his breakfast as normal, he eats until I stop offering him food so at least there is no problem with appetite at the moment. His tongue doesnt look as pale. Yesterday I gave...

Hi Tracie, The vet said we will not give him anything yet until we know what is causing the anemia. The vet assumed he is anemic based on his pale tongue / mouth and the fact that they could not get a blood sample from his tail vein like he normally does. Also I did catch him eating dirt...

So today the vet observed Darius' heart rate was low and he appears anemic (mouth is very pale). He was not able to get a blood sample due to this. He pooped at the vet (as is tradition) and it appeared well formed and not a mucousy as the previous poop. We are sending it out for full fecal...

Hes been having some head tremors, muscle twitches, weight fluctuations by + or - 20 grams, labored breathing episodes, walking "wobbly" like side to side, low heart rate and potentially a heart murmurs. Darius is 12 years old I have had him since 6 months old. He has had low calcium on the...

Thanks so much for the detailed reply, I really appreciate it :) Spike looks awesome, he is lucky to have you now :)

Hi Tracie, This was the only page of the bloodwork results I have so far. I have emails from the vet from the last few years though. The picture linked above was from December of 2024. We havent taken his blood since then but I will ask on friday. When I was sent that page the vet said "He is...

Very handsome boy <3

Hey neighbour, sorry you also have to deal with this weather. Yes I do have a solar meter I have been struggling to get him to be in the "ideal" range. He stays out of the light a lot where it is less than 2.0 some days he will be where it is 0.5 or less. I have only rearranged the tank a week...

Hey everyone, hope you are all well. As you may already know I have a 12 year old Dragon named Darius. I have been doing extensive research into supplementation and care guides for dragons but notice there isnt much info for older dragons. He has been having some health issues lately but I...

Hi Sue, I have had Darius since he was about 6 months. I rescued him from a rough situation, he is missing about 6 inches of the tip of his tail from a prior dragon fight. He has been in my care for the last 11.5 years which makes him roughly 12. I will admit that his husbandry was not quite...

So Darius was looked at very closely by the other vet and they found a small scratch on his eye. I had helped him get a piece of dirt out so maybe it got scratched on that. There was swelling in his lower eyelid as well. During the exam the vet noticed that Darius has a slow heart beat. He said...

Yes he does have loose substrate in his cage a 40/40/20 mix of play sand, "reptisoil" and excavator clay respectively. He is opening it occasionally but still acting weird so I am going on a road trip to a further exotic vet that hasn't seen Darius before. Its a bit of a drive but the other vet...

Not sure if those would be any different than me putting water in his eyes. I dont want to risk putting anything that may further irritate his eye either, just in case.

Hey guys I have a 12 year old bearded dragon named Darius and he isnt opening his right eye today. This morning I used distilled water and a q tip to get a tiny piece of dirt out from his eye but he is still refusing to open it. When he does open it, he only opens it part of the way for like...

i have 3 lizards in total and they all have 100 watt basking bulbs which adds heat plus the UVB does let off a small amount. Right after I made this post he climbed up onto the basking spot and is flattened out like a pancake. I swear he waits until I am worried about him and then acts normal...

I have 4 different tools i use to measure temps, 2 digital thermometer / humidity ones, 1 digital probe thermometer by zoo med and one of those temperature guns which uses lasers. The problem is the room itself is already too hot with all the lights on, it only drops to 76 at night right now...

I took your advice and moved around the cage furniture. I took out the cold side hide and moved everything into the hot end. I gave him a big flat rock and a nice large cork flat to climb onto. For awhile there he seemed to like the changes I made to his lighting / cage. I made the UVB much more...