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Forgot to say the jaw abscess doesn't seem to cause him difficulties walking or anything, but he had it drained and I was injecting him with antibiotics for a while too.

Hi there, thanks for the replies. I'm on holiday just now and my mum is looking after him. He seemed ok when I left, I gave him a bath and he had a poo. He has the 12% Arcadia UV tube and it's good until next year. Eating some roaches and morios, not eating veg just now but he's always been...

HI My beardie Nioka was being treated for an abscess in his jaw for the last couple of months but I've noticed he's not walking properly as well. Kind of flopping his way around. Had him at the vet yesterday and she took blood and did an x-ray on his arm after he flinched when she manipulated...

Hi, I've been giving oral antibiotics (Clindaseptin) for over a month but the lump had gotten bigger so the vet suggested we try the injections as they're more powerful. I'm not sure how deep it is but the vet put this pin bead thing in place to allow it to drain while stopping food getting in...

I spoke to a vet on another site and she's set my mind at ease and said it's ok for that antibiotic to go into a vein, but perhaps it was just some blood from the muscle or something. Anyway, he's ok, I've calmed down and I'll call the vet tomorrow and ask if they can maybe supervise me doing...

Ugh, injecting antibiotics into a tiny little leg is NOT easy. Nioka is to be given Fortum for an abscess in his jaw and I was so nervous getting up this morning knowing I had to do that. The vet told me to put them in the freezer (not the fridge) so first I had to defrost the thing. Held it...

I've been a member of this forum for a while but not posted recently, just had to respond when I read Stumpy's story. Poor baby, you must miss him terribly ? My dragon Nioka is a rescue and has had a few things happen to him over the years, poor boy. Last year the vet had to amputate part of...

Just read Stumpy's story after googling abscesses in dragons (my boy has one in his jaw) and I'm in tears. What a little fighter that sweet dragon was and what a wonderful owner you are for trying so hard to help get him better.Losing a beloved pet is a horrible thing to go through, they are all...

Hi, I read this story recently, of a poor little beardie here in the UK called Tilly who ended up being neglected on purpose by her owner following the breakdown of his relationship. She was found and taken to a local rescue centre, but sadly it was too late for her. It's heartbreaking...

My beardie seems to only want to eat Morio worms. It's annoying. I've tried him on calciworms (he'll eat one or two and ignore the rest, so they just die off), locusts (not interested) and dubias (will eat the odd one when he feels like it.) It's worse than having a kid! I spent lots of £...

Glad you're seeing some positive results! It might take a while, but looks like he's in good hands with this new vet and yourself! Great stuff :)

Glad you got a second opinion with another vet. I wonder what happened for him to get it in 3 legs? I think Nioka fell off his cork bark and hit his jaw (he lost a tooth) and that's how he got it. Metacalm was what I used for Nioka, I remember now. But it wasn't injected, I gave it by...

Painted beardie nails, never heard of that before! I'm sure he looked very pretty.

Hi, just wondering if anyone has any idea how I can loosen some retained shed? It's been on his nose for months - it went opaque like it was going to be shed but then it went back to the regular skin colour instead of coming off and the area has been all raised and pitted since then, you can...

Nioka's nails take ages to grow (he's on tiles) but he had one that was getting sharp again, so I took my clippers to it, just took the tip off and that's him good for ages now :) I quite like doing it, it's kinda therapeutic - I also get asked to cut my parents' dogs dew claws - they're thick...

It turned out a fuse had gone in the stat - once that was replaced the bulb was working good as new! :D

Hi, My beardie's basking light didn't come on today and when I replaced it, thinking it had just blown the new one didn't work either. So I reckon the ceramic holder is broken. It's gone a kind of yellowy colour. I went to a couple of pet shops today but have had no luck getting a suitable...

I don't know much about it but I don't think it's really necessary for them to need the stuff squeezed out. My vet wasn't insistent that it was done but he did it anyway - said it gave him some satisfaction, like squeezing spots! Although it took him a while with me holding Nioka and him...