izzyLizzy
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A few weeks ago I adopted a 4 year-old beardie named Izzy. Her owner surrendered her to a pet store, and while I was shopping for a new heat bulb for my chameleon, I somehow ended up with Izzy. I couldn't leave her. She is blind in one eye, and I was told she was born without part of her tail. This was all I knew about her when I got her. They didn't tell me much else. So over the course of these few weeks I finally found food that she likes (besides crickets).
Anyway, she seemed pretty normal until this morning. She was making these hacking noises and I honestly thought it was my friend's kid hiding in the closet until I realized it was Izzy. I bathed her and she had a very runny bowel movement, though it didn't smell unusual. She has no discharge in or around her nose or eyes, she doesn't appear to be struggling to breathe, but she occasionally gapes her mouth a little (which I assumed was normal as she does it quite often while basking). I tried hand feeding her, since it's hard for her to eat on her own being half blind, and she only ate a few pieces of greens. The temp in her cage is at almost 90°F. It was a bit chilly this morning so I turned the heat on and swapped her heating bulb to a 100w one, the other one is 75w. I took out a piece of the repti-carpet so that the glass on the bottom is also warm. She spent most of the day in that one spot. I noticed the humidity at 70, so I've been trying to get it down but have only managed to 60 so far.
I'm sorry I've written so much, I'm just trying to give as much information as possible. I tried to look for similar posts, but I haven't completely figured out how to navigate around the site.
If anyone has gone through something similar or can help in any way I would greatly appreciate it.
Anyway, she seemed pretty normal until this morning. She was making these hacking noises and I honestly thought it was my friend's kid hiding in the closet until I realized it was Izzy. I bathed her and she had a very runny bowel movement, though it didn't smell unusual. She has no discharge in or around her nose or eyes, she doesn't appear to be struggling to breathe, but she occasionally gapes her mouth a little (which I assumed was normal as she does it quite often while basking). I tried hand feeding her, since it's hard for her to eat on her own being half blind, and she only ate a few pieces of greens. The temp in her cage is at almost 90°F. It was a bit chilly this morning so I turned the heat on and swapped her heating bulb to a 100w one, the other one is 75w. I took out a piece of the repti-carpet so that the glass on the bottom is also warm. She spent most of the day in that one spot. I noticed the humidity at 70, so I've been trying to get it down but have only managed to 60 so far.
I'm sorry I've written so much, I'm just trying to give as much information as possible. I tried to look for similar posts, but I haven't completely figured out how to navigate around the site.
If anyone has gone through something similar or can help in any way I would greatly appreciate it.