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I'm sorry about your experience mine was similar. Before Vlad we got one from the same store and he/she hardy ate for the first month we got him/her. It was starting to develop mbd and was dragging itself around because its hindlegs were so weak. I didn't want to give up on it, but it was too...

Vlad's doing great thanks for asking. He's enjoying his slightly heightened protein diet and is still loving the black cherry juice. It is crazy what just a few more roaches does for filling him out. He runs around like a crazy man when he sees his sister (non-biological) and seems to have no...

Yeah that's very possible because I know for certain they don't provide uvb because I have discussed this with them. Yeah any future reptile purchases will almost certainly come from a breeder. I was just so spoiled with my older female because of how healthy she has been that the obvious...

A pet store and even though I appreciate the work that my local store does, it's no secret that pet stores don't and/or can't sufficiently meet the needs of their animals while still trying to turn a profit. The pet store is also a chain, so it isn't even a store that specializes in exotics...

Thanks, at least we have a game plan for keeping it contained; that's as much as I can ask for at this stage. Here are the pictures I said I'd post. Some of them may not be the best quality or highlight the under-bite significantly because these pictures weren't taken with that intention...

Thanks I'll look into it. The vet ran a slew of tests and originally we thought the uric acid deposit was a mineral deposit (possibly calcium) because of how it appeared on the x-ray and how much calcium he was getting, but that was ruled out after we did the the cytology. The vet assured us...

Lol we make fun of him for that. He has had it since we got him at around 1-2 months old. He gets calcium about 5 times a week and vitamins 1-2 times a week. I didn't know that the underbite was indicative of anything. To be honest during the diagnostic process we though it may have been...

He's doing great. The vet didn't seem to want and start any meds and I see no reason to at this point either. He said under 5 is good, but that 1 value is just so low from the extreme lack of protein, but he said I could increase it by 50%. Fortunately even with the low protein diet he went...

Just had a follow-up vet appointment for Vlad and his uric acid levels went down from 10 to 1, so very relieved to see that. A lot of my anxiety came from the fact that the bump on his arm did not get smaller, but the vet said that it probably would not get much smaller. At this point it's...

He's doing fine; like I said before it seems to be having a limited effect on his mobility and comfort from what I can gauge. He doesn't limp or pull up on it so that's good. My older female is caged below him so whenever he sees her he goes into man mode and tries to run through his cage...

Thanks for the feedback! Yeah the dubia diet may have been too high in protein as well. When he was weighed at the vet a couple months ago he was over 150g and they were pretty surprised by that. It seems he was just a little too healthy. He has slimmed down a bit because of the lower...

My beardie Vlad was confirmed with gout roughly 2 months ago from a vet. It seems to still be in the acute stage because only one arm has been affected. I'm just trying to get out in front of this before it becomes to severe. The uric crystal deposits are around his left elbow and this is also...