Hello! This baby was lasting a week over time from the other babies i had in their egg, and his mouth is not properly depevloped i think, his mouth doesnt reach back to his ears as the others mouths do. And when I tried opening his mouth it didn’t work, only a tiny hole at the tip at the size of a needle. I’ve looked around to see if there’s possible to euthanize him or something like that with gas, because we don’t have the money to go to the vet at this point! Any ideas as to what I’m supposed to do?
And this is making him very skinny, he can only drink a little water from the tip of his mouth
Holy cow! What a poor thing! I have no idea except to syringe feed him -- your gonna haft to get w/ AHBD or TracieDrache613 on this one--- I hope one of them responds here soon-----
Karrie
Hi there, how long ago did he hatch ? It looks like he could open it to a degree but is not doing well really. Just offer liquid nutrition like Repta boost and Oxbow Critical Care. You can also make insect smoothies if you could dedicate a blender for that use. Just see what happens but if he's suffering you can still have him put to sleep. Poor little guy.
I understand that, but here where I live I can’t buy any of those things, except making a liquid smoothie but that means I gotta buy a whole new blender, we cant afford that right now as our money isn’t coming in as usual, probably won’t get money until June, but is is humane to put him in a gas chamber with like ms222 and put him to sleep that way? Freezing is not an option for me
Poor thing! I wonder if you could call up a vet or a shelter & just lay it out for them. I can't imagine there isn't at least one place near you that would be willing to provide a mercy euthanasia given the circumstances. This poor baby never had a chance, but at least deserves an end free of suffering. My heart goes out to you both!
I have a VERY hard time w / threads like this--- some of the other ones that people are dealing w/ the ones that are sick are hard enough for me---
Karrie
Omg i'm crying, smash the head to quickly euthanize. it works but it is hard for a owner to do.
don't put in freezer though because its a slow painful death.
I don't know of any non-violent means for DIY euthanasia that wouldn't also expose you to risk, so I'd really try to find someone who could do it properly and for free as I mentioned earlier. This is heart wrenching, but I think it was someone else on this forum who had to put down their beloved beardie who said that someone told them "you are not ending [their] life, you are ending their death". Maybe looking at it that way will make it a little easier to do what has to be done to end this little guy's suffering. I hope for your sake that it helps.