Tanyalove666
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Hi yall!
My baby Rango is almost 3 years old and has been extremely healthy his entire life so far! He goes to the vet at least 2x a year for fecals and deworming if needed. Husbandry is perfect. He’s a happy healthy boy (a bit big, 700g and 21 inches).
Two weeks ago he had a blood clot on the end of his urate, he was totally fine otherwise - eating, basking, being totally normal. I took him to the vet and they did blood tests. His test showed he was not actively bleeding inside and we assumed maybe it was the pinworms or nyctotherus which were found in his previous fecal bothering him so they decided to deworm him with panacur. We sent out a full CBC and when i was done the deworming I brought back another stool sample.
The full cbc and stool sample came back this week.
The stool sample showed he still has pinworms/nycto so the dewormer didnt really do anything...
The CBC came back with a few things high
- packed cell volume: was high at 64 (vet said normal is 26-48)
- elevated uric acid (don’t know exact numbers)
- elevated CPK
- everything else was totally normal
the vet is not worried seems to think he is dehydrated (I don’t soak him or have water dish in his cage, a few times he choked on water so I just was giving hornworms and very wet greens) he’s not showing signs of dehydration his skin elasticity is good, eyes are good, I started bathing him the past two days and he doesn’t wanna drink just swim around and play. He’s eating his greens and hornworms. Acting totally normal, maybe gaping sometimes when not basking but I also am paranoid and have been keeping an extra close eye on him and also bothering him most likely lol.
Vet also wants me to test for crypto and adeno (im going to do it just for piece of mind but I don’t think that’s the case)
Now I have another theory - I feed him PRIMARILY dubia roaches. He gets about 10 roaches or more 3x a week (total of 30) with some other feeders mixed in but still dubia roaches. I had no idea about their high uric acid!!!!! I am now stopping dubia for the time being and also moving to 2x a week bugs.
But I’m thinking the dubia might of caused the high uric acid? And that in turn maybe caused the pack cell volume? His stool right after the bloody stool had crystals in it (I know associated with uric acid) I had absolutely no idea this could happen from dubia until I did some research!!!
He seems totally normal, happy, healthy, no swelling or signs of gout but I really let my mind get the best of me, he’s like my child.
I’d love your thoughts on this, vet wants to recheck levels in a month (once we get the crypto and adeno results back). Is there anything I can do other than hydration, less protein, leaner proteins and cutting back on dubia roaches?
I am an absolute paranoid mess and obsessing over this.... hes my child... any thoughts would help. Vet didnt seem concerned (in her voicemail before I called back she said "I didnt find anything alarming"... but my anxiety is getting the best of me here.
My baby Rango is almost 3 years old and has been extremely healthy his entire life so far! He goes to the vet at least 2x a year for fecals and deworming if needed. Husbandry is perfect. He’s a happy healthy boy (a bit big, 700g and 21 inches).
Two weeks ago he had a blood clot on the end of his urate, he was totally fine otherwise - eating, basking, being totally normal. I took him to the vet and they did blood tests. His test showed he was not actively bleeding inside and we assumed maybe it was the pinworms or nyctotherus which were found in his previous fecal bothering him so they decided to deworm him with panacur. We sent out a full CBC and when i was done the deworming I brought back another stool sample.
The full cbc and stool sample came back this week.
The stool sample showed he still has pinworms/nycto so the dewormer didnt really do anything...
The CBC came back with a few things high
- packed cell volume: was high at 64 (vet said normal is 26-48)
- elevated uric acid (don’t know exact numbers)
- elevated CPK
- everything else was totally normal
the vet is not worried seems to think he is dehydrated (I don’t soak him or have water dish in his cage, a few times he choked on water so I just was giving hornworms and very wet greens) he’s not showing signs of dehydration his skin elasticity is good, eyes are good, I started bathing him the past two days and he doesn’t wanna drink just swim around and play. He’s eating his greens and hornworms. Acting totally normal, maybe gaping sometimes when not basking but I also am paranoid and have been keeping an extra close eye on him and also bothering him most likely lol.
Vet also wants me to test for crypto and adeno (im going to do it just for piece of mind but I don’t think that’s the case)
Now I have another theory - I feed him PRIMARILY dubia roaches. He gets about 10 roaches or more 3x a week (total of 30) with some other feeders mixed in but still dubia roaches. I had no idea about their high uric acid!!!!! I am now stopping dubia for the time being and also moving to 2x a week bugs.
But I’m thinking the dubia might of caused the high uric acid? And that in turn maybe caused the pack cell volume? His stool right after the bloody stool had crystals in it (I know associated with uric acid) I had absolutely no idea this could happen from dubia until I did some research!!!
He seems totally normal, happy, healthy, no swelling or signs of gout but I really let my mind get the best of me, he’s like my child.
I’d love your thoughts on this, vet wants to recheck levels in a month (once we get the crypto and adeno results back). Is there anything I can do other than hydration, less protein, leaner proteins and cutting back on dubia roaches?
I am an absolute paranoid mess and obsessing over this.... hes my child... any thoughts would help. Vet didnt seem concerned (in her voicemail before I called back she said "I didnt find anything alarming"... but my anxiety is getting the best of me here.
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