It sounds like shes gaping and adjusting the body temp - puffing the beard is normal as wellI can’t really tell if her balance is improving. She’s still wobbly, so she still has some sort of issue. She did come out yesterday and walk/wobble around the room. And her beard isn’t black any more. However, she does still gape her mouth and puff out her beard periodically- I can’t figure out what that means. The one good thing about it is it allows me to drip water on her tongue, put food in her mouth, and give her the serrapeptase. She won’t eat something if you offer it in front of her though.
I called the vet, and she said we could get her another x ray from a different position to see if a disc was slipped or something like that. But it sounded like if that happened, there’s not much they can do? I guess I’m just not sure how much time it’s supposed to take for her to heal before we figure out if this is permanent. Or to tell if she’s still in a lot of pain.
I do have a question about the serrapeptase- is it better to give her smaller doses more frequently throughout the day or the one full dose once a day?
Thank you for monitoring her!
One slightly strange thing is that she gapes after her lights turn off while she is sleeping - at least I’ve seen her do it in the early night when I am still awake and in the early morning before her light turns on. So maybe it’s not while she’s in a deep sleep? I haven’t checked her in the middle of the night. Still strange.It sounds like shes gaping and adjusting the body temp - puffing the beard is normal as well
I’ve been watching the temp pretty closely - keeping basking spot at 95. She has been gaping and puffing her beard both on the warm side/ basking spot and on the cool side of her tank. So I’m not sure what that is about. And I can’t think of anything that could be stressing her, although she is a bit anxious normally anyhow. It could just be that she’s still not feeling normal?Hello,
That's great to hear she is improving even if it is slowly. Could there be something causing any stress
that might make her puff her beard more?
Has she shown any interest in eating on her own? Keep trying to get food into her but if you are feeding
via syringe go slowly so that she doesn't choke. They do sometimes hold food in her beard but should
quickly swallow it & clear it out.
Double check her temperatures to be sure she isn't getting overheated since a large portion of the country
has been very hot.
Let us know how Ember is doing!
Tracie
The humidity is around 38% usually. I have 2 probe thermometers and also a temp gun.Hello,
Do you know what the humidity is in her tank & what type of thermometer do you have?
It does take them a little bit of time to get better yes. Keep your eye on her behavior though,
to be sure she doesn't get any worse. Has she been eating anything?
Tracie
This does not look good please get her into the vet as soon as possible - the flipping over on the back is not good eitherHere are some pics inside her mouth and one of her gaping and puffing up her beard. Does her mouth look normal?
She looks worse then previous photos! I'd suggest to take her in ASAP before it gets worse and worse. And you said that she's starting to flip on her back? That is not a good sign that she's recovering so make an appointment with the vetHere are some pics inside her mouth and one of her gaping and puffing up her beard. Does her mouth look normal?
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