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An article about uric acid and gout by Allen Repashy i found interesting
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[QUOTE="Axil, post: 2021494, member: 117612"] This indicates there is a piece I'm missing as the research I'd done made me lean towards gout caused by an acute dosage of UA, overwhelming the Dragon's ability to deal with it. My understanding is that gout in humans tends to be episodic often occurring after drinking a lot of alcohol (especially beer as it's high in purines) which will cause dehydration, and eating foods like shellfish that are again purine rich. In [URL='https://avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/javma/257/9/javma.257.9.933.xml']this study[/URL] on bearded dragons, they found UA levels to fall back to baseline levels after 48 hours of fasting. They were feeding crickets, and the purpose of the study was to find the appropriate time to test for baseline UA levels, so it may take longer to process higher amounts of UA after ingesting roaches. Even so, I would think that a few low-protein days should "reset" UA levels in a Dragon with healthy kidneys. Now it may be that repeated exposure to high levels of UA that are not enough to cause an episode of gout will damage the kidneys and over time create a scenario where gout is more likely. That could explain why gout would occur after years of being fed a high protein diet. It could also be the case that as Dragons age their kidneys become less effective at processing UA for other reasons, and a diet that was well tolerated for years ceases to be as kidney function declines. *edit* Here is the punchline for the study on UA levels i linked: [/QUOTE]
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