loulou19
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Hi, I'm posting this in here as I got no reply about it in my last post (think it's my fault, should have put it in this forum).
Anyway, my 5 year old BD Izzy has had a blocked nostril for quite a long time. At first I thought it was skin after reading a lot of posts about it, however it is still there after bathing it, and now his other nostril is partially blocked too! He hasn't shed in quite a long time either (about a year?) and this appeared after.
He has been to vets, if you want the back story and info on his set up look here: http://www.beardeddragon.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=163644.
My vet dismissed it as being a respiratory infection after listening to his chest (despite him "coughing"), but still put him on baytril for two weeks. Anyway he has finished the baytril and is going back to vets in a couple of days. The coughing symptom has stopped (or eased off a lot), but his nose is still plugged up and he's still gaping - which I assume is due to the fact he can't breath through his nose. He also takes a forced breath every now and then still.
My vet wasn't exactly too helpful with him last time, suggesting to just "see how he does" which is what I have already been doing myself! He is a reptile vet though and does seem to know his stuff. So I would just like your opinions on what could be causing it so that I have something to suggest to him when I go back, as I hate to leave the vets office and feel like I haven't got anywhere when clearly there is still something not right.
Here's a photo of his nostril, any help is greatly appreciated!
Louise
Anyway, my 5 year old BD Izzy has had a blocked nostril for quite a long time. At first I thought it was skin after reading a lot of posts about it, however it is still there after bathing it, and now his other nostril is partially blocked too! He hasn't shed in quite a long time either (about a year?) and this appeared after.
He has been to vets, if you want the back story and info on his set up look here: http://www.beardeddragon.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=163644.
My vet dismissed it as being a respiratory infection after listening to his chest (despite him "coughing"), but still put him on baytril for two weeks. Anyway he has finished the baytril and is going back to vets in a couple of days. The coughing symptom has stopped (or eased off a lot), but his nose is still plugged up and he's still gaping - which I assume is due to the fact he can't breath through his nose. He also takes a forced breath every now and then still.
My vet wasn't exactly too helpful with him last time, suggesting to just "see how he does" which is what I have already been doing myself! He is a reptile vet though and does seem to know his stuff. So I would just like your opinions on what could be causing it so that I have something to suggest to him when I go back, as I hate to leave the vets office and feel like I haven't got anywhere when clearly there is still something not right.
Here's a photo of his nostril, any help is greatly appreciated!
Louise