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Beardie with fluid in abdomen, around liver
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[QUOTE="Sophielius, post: 2021564, member: 100300"] Thanks so much for your input! I was reassured by the vet seeing him today and she helped calm me down a lot. She assured me that they'd put him on the lowest dose possible of sedation if needed and that they'd only sample the fluid and liver (not a biopsy of it, but like trying to get a few liver cells with a teensy needle) if absolutely necessary. He had to be sedated for the ultrasound because he was very upset and not cooperating. He wasn't completely under though so I was glad about that. It appears that everything looks normal. His liver appeared normal, so they didn't see it necessary to take a sample, nor did they see excess fluid to sample either. There's some minor speckling with his kidneys that they believe is age-related, and I'm gonna ensure that he is well-hydrated going forward. They noticed some irregularities with his pancreas/spleen, but it's not likely that anything is actually wrong there. His esophagus appeared perhaps a bit thick but that's not well reported on in beardies so it could be normal as well. I asked what could've caused the excess fluid they saw last week and they said that it could be that since lizards have more fluid in there, and the angle he was at for his echo, it could've just appeared to have more fluid than normal. I got the impression that they don't see tons of beardies for these sorts of things. They recommended that he be taken off the Meloxicam, and the calcium gluconate 23% in one week (I think I forgot to mention that part, his bloodwork showed low calcium levels on 3/30 so he was put on it, and bloodwork at the referral vet on 4/14 showed the levels are back to normal). They think it's okay to discontinue the critical care too. They also recommended taking him off of the milk thistle since his liver appears fine, but I don't think I'll do that. From what I understand, the milk thistle is a good preventative for any damage that might happen from his ADV and he's been fine on it for years. I didn't know that about dandelion root! Would I just chop it like I would his butternut squash toppings, or does it need any special prep to make it palatable? Hopefully, the dandelion roots from the dandelion I've had to grow indoors will work all right. He was pretty skittish coming home and got spooked easily. He didn't have a good time there, poor boy. He had some odd head shivers for a bit once we got home that I think were just side effects of coming off the sedation, and he had an episode of getting spooked by nothing and sprinting away from me (which never happens) so I think he was having some sort of mild hallucination where he thought the still ceiling fan was a bird. He accepted cuddles for a bit and then napped the rest of the day in the safety of his tiny tent. He is doing really well today! He did his morning yawn and bearding, had a healthy poo, and did some house exploration. He's currently relaxing in his cage under his UV and his beard is light. Until he deigns to eat his greens again I'm gonna offer him daily soaks. I'll make a smoothie of greens and offer him that mixed with some canned pumpkin if he doesn't want salad in the next couple of days, and I'll be carefully monitoring his weight. Thanks so much to everyone who chimed in, it helped a lot :) [/QUOTE]
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