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5YO Beardie w/RI Not Improving on Antibiotics
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[QUOTE="jac, post: 2039626, member: 118798"] Hi everyone! I am posting here on behalf of my lovely guy Onyx. I am looking for advice with his RI and the medicine prescribed. On January 17th, I took him to one of two exotic vet clinics in my small Midwestern town, for what I suspected was a respiratory infection. The vet checked inside his mouth and listened to his breathing with a stethoscope. He said his breathing was a little irregular and agreed with me that it was a RI. He did not take any cultures or do any blood work. He prescribed Sulfatrim 0.5ml 2x a day. Onyx did not do well the first two days and black bearded while sleeping the entire day. After doing research here, I found that Sulfatrim is prescribed for parasites and has unfortunately killed some beardies. I cut his dose down to once a day to see how he fared. I know I should have called my vet but I am not confident in them and I was scared for Onyx's health. I was syringe feeding him a mix of baby squash and Flukers Reptaboost for a few days prior to the appt and a few days afterwards. He is now eating a small amount of the squash (w/o Reptaboost) on his own almost every day. His right eye started producing mucus the other night, as well as mucus bubbles from his nose, which I had not seen him do until now. He has also had two gasping fits the day before yesterday and some of today. I am worried he is not getting better. But he doesn't seem worse either. As a sidenote, on October 25th, I took him into the same vet for an eye infection in both eyes; wet discharge that became crusty and both eyes were often shut. He checked them both and prescribed me eye drops; Neomycin and Polymyxin B Sulfate, Dexamethasone 5ml. The infection seemed to go away but returned after a couple weeks and I'm concerned it was actually the start of his RI then. I do not think this is a result of his lighting as he has this lighting setup since I acquired him without any issues. Turning the coloured bulb off for a couple weeks did not help and he had issues with not being able to poop afterwards. He sleeps most of the day now but occasionally comes off his hammock to sit on his hide or hang out near his branches and rocks on the cool side. He is alert for the most part. He snuggles up to me and holds onto my hands/fingers when being taken care of. I just want to make sure I'm doing everything I can for him. [/QUOTE]
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