First of all I want to say thank you so much for this forum!!
I came downstairs at 3a yesterday morning (Tuesday) to find our 6 mo old Beardie, Spike had gotten out of his new enclosure (or rather the cats had gotten in, we're not 100% sure but it has been fixed). I found him laying on the floor still breathing, with a puncture and bruising around his rib cage. I immediately washed him off in warm water and put him back in his enclosure with the heat on him, then took to your forum frantic for options. I wish we could take him to the vet, but $ is just too tight right now following my own personal medical bills (I'm so sorry, I feel so horrible that I can't get him there).
I did read where someone said to put triple antibiotic ointment on any wounds and that should keep any infections down, so I have done that yesterday and today. I also read where another member mentioned theirs was not eating following a similar attack and so I have periodically taken a syringe with water or a blended water/turkey/banana/strawberry combination and have managed to get him to take a little bit of that. Because he is not eating I have also misted him with warm water a couple of times/put him in a little dish with warm water to keep his hydration level up. He has spent most of his time sleeping and has moved very little (but he has moved), only to and from the basking light from time to time. I also check him periodically and clear any feces away from his body (has been very little). The color of his tail indicates stressed (obviously), but the only signs of trauma appear to be the rib cage.
Is there anything else that I could or should be doing that could help him??!!
He's my baby. I wish that I could do more, but I have spent much of yesterday and today next to him looking for signs of improvement and not wanting him to be alone.
I came downstairs at 3a yesterday morning (Tuesday) to find our 6 mo old Beardie, Spike had gotten out of his new enclosure (or rather the cats had gotten in, we're not 100% sure but it has been fixed). I found him laying on the floor still breathing, with a puncture and bruising around his rib cage. I immediately washed him off in warm water and put him back in his enclosure with the heat on him, then took to your forum frantic for options. I wish we could take him to the vet, but $ is just too tight right now following my own personal medical bills (I'm so sorry, I feel so horrible that I can't get him there).
I did read where someone said to put triple antibiotic ointment on any wounds and that should keep any infections down, so I have done that yesterday and today. I also read where another member mentioned theirs was not eating following a similar attack and so I have periodically taken a syringe with water or a blended water/turkey/banana/strawberry combination and have managed to get him to take a little bit of that. Because he is not eating I have also misted him with warm water a couple of times/put him in a little dish with warm water to keep his hydration level up. He has spent most of his time sleeping and has moved very little (but he has moved), only to and from the basking light from time to time. I also check him periodically and clear any feces away from his body (has been very little). The color of his tail indicates stressed (obviously), but the only signs of trauma appear to be the rib cage.
Is there anything else that I could or should be doing that could help him??!!
He's my baby. I wish that I could do more, but I have spent much of yesterday and today next to him looking for signs of improvement and not wanting him to be alone.
