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Beardie ER
Absolute Mystery Illness- Vets Are Baffled
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[QUOTE="ShehzainWyvern, post: 2000504, member: 116122"] Here's some pictures of him and the basking and UV lights. My cage is 48" long, I know this is too small but the problem is Percy has been so lazy throughout his life (aside from as a hatchling and he's gained somewhat more energy lately...he was super hyperactive after the Baytril though). It's also a very old cage so it doesn't have any place to mount the lights inside like the modern cages have. ☹️ Should he start to improve and survive this ordeal I'll invest in a new enclosure for sure, can you give me some recommendations please? Another thing of note: He's missing all but part of his longest toe and the "pinky" toe of his left hind foot. I discovered at night in 2018 as a hatchling that he had ripped his claws on a previous basking stump somehow...or so I assume, unless he tried to bite his own claws?! Either way there was no way they could be saved so the vet had to amputate them sadly. (And I got him in like 16 hours after the accident which was the soonest possible.) I do wonder if this is a cause for his laziness although he never shows any signs of pain when I touch that foot and it healed very well. In the mean time I guess I could remove more of the screen...I have supports on top so that the lights aren't resting all on the screen since I'm paranoid it will collapse. I'm hoping the increased light would help him recover better then. Again I know this isn't ideal but thanks for trying to help me I will listen and do my best. 😟 His enclosure is pretty bland due to his injury and due to how little he moves around... 😢 Again would be happy to invest in a better one I just want my little guy to show some significant improvement as I've read horror stories of them dying so fast from liver disease. 💔 I do think he's a bit better but he's far from out of the woods. That and I don't plan on getting another beardie for a while after he does go.... definitely not from PetSmart, I'd probably wait for the right breeder or even a rescue with a good prognosis. As for the bulb it's from this June. Both of them.. so they're pretty new. According to the packaging the T8 reaches a greater distance for the light so I'm wondering why the other one is better? [URL unfurl="true"]https://photos.app.goo.gl/JTLHWqivwLCFWTiT9[/URL] Um I should.add the perspective makes it look like it's not centered over the hole but I can assure you it is lol. [URL unfurl="true"]https://photos.app.goo.gl/1SGMgEytAphA2x1A6[/URL] His sclera also always shows more for some reason he's always been like this as an adult . [URL unfurl="true"]https://photos.app.goo.gl/TbxoHSPhF1jF2ShVA[/URL] And yes his basking spot is stacked books because I'm not sure of the safest alternative to those stacking stones and such as I worry about him causing more injury to himself. 😢 [URL unfurl="true"]https://photos.app.goo.gl/pAcj6gaP76pn9Zmr6[/URL] But he looks so healthy and alert, I'm so distraught that the vet just wanted me to euthanize him..would you?! If he was yours? [/QUOTE]
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