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Ok here is all the info & pics on Zilla. To start off with, had 2 beardies that were housed together for first 2 1/2 yrs, separated for 1 yr before Shelby died in April of possible cancer. Dont think this has any relation to current issues tho. She has been fine up until recently. I have dogs &...

I thought beardies mostly brumated in colder weather, if at all, but my beardie started brumating when the weather got hot (thats high 80's for MN). I put her bulb down to a 75 watt so its around 105 under basking bulb & 80s on warm side, 75+ on cool side (using a temp gun & digital probe). At...

Not exactly sure what type of parasite she has. The people at the vet havent dealt much with that so they werent even really sure what to look for! Thought they would learn that in vet school. But Zilla was put on Panacur so hopefully it will take care of problem. I switched to using newspaper...

I have a big back yard so no pestisides unless I do it. Which I dont. :)

My beardie, Zilla has parasites. She got them back in Dec. also & only thing I can think of that caused it is from crickets I get at Petco. But lately I've also been giving her dandilions from my yard; she loves them! I rinse them off but could the dandilions carry parasites? We have dogs &...

Thanks everybody for the condolences! Even being a reptile I was just as attached to him as I am with my cats. Never thought that would happen when we 1st got them. :) The dr didnt say that the cancer necessarily caused all the other problems (would have needed more testing), just that the...

Btw Tracie, he did start to have a black beard around the time he started the antibiotic. Does that mean something? I thought it was maybe cause he was hurting from moving around too much so I started to limit his activity.

I brought Shelby to a different vet Friday morning. Devastating news! She looked at xray & said top of femur bone, knee joint & couple other spots along his leg are dying, necrosis I think she said. Most likely cancer. She said he might not have had gout, didnt get a definitive result showing...

He is going to see another vet in the morning to get evaluated. I will see how that goes & figure things out from there. Yes, euthanizing him has been brought up but I want to explore all humane possibilities first.

He gets the injections every other day in alternating front legs. He is pretty miserable. Isnt eating any more & barely moves. Just cuddles up to me & goes to sleep if I take him out. Hes getting his pain meds increased a tad today so hopefully that will help. So have you heard of a hip...

Hes getting injections for the Ceft. antibiotic. Also its dislocated at the top of femur bone where it joins hip socket.

The tail started gradually going bad. I noticed it got darker but didnt know it was a problem til it got hard too. Then it kept climbing up his tail. It seemed to have stopped since hes been on antibiotic now, since March 17. The vet thought it would fall off but hasnt yet.

Hi. Shelby has been sick since last July. It started out with swollen toes & feet. He had blood work, xrays & a sample drawn from swollen toe in Sept but nothing definitive showed up. His bones looked good too. He was started on an antibiotic in Aug. then switched to an antifungal in Nov...