Thank you for taking my point into notice. And I am so sorry about him having gout.tsjohn19":3eduqnve said:Thanks I'll look into it. The vet ran a slew of tests and originally we thought the uric acid deposit was a mineral deposit (possibly calcium) because of how it appeared on the x-ray and how much calcium he was getting, but that was ruled out after we did the the cytology. The vet assured us, at least two months ago during the first blood test, that the problem was high uric acid levels and that his calcium levels were fine (don't know levels only got UA values because that was the culprit) and nothing was mentioned during this last round of blood testing. I'm hesitant to think he isn't getting enough calcium because at least as long as he's been in our care he's eaten extremely well (as mentioned in earlier posts) and has always been given sufficiently dusted insects and greens even when his protein diet was reduced. Like mentioned earlier, he weighed 150g at around 6 months and the vet was sort of taken back by what a heffer he was and then doubled that weight in two months on a severely reduced protein diet, so I'd imagine that weight gain wouldn't be typical of a calcium deficient beardie, but I absolutely could be wrong I'll be sure to look more into the underbite and pay close attention to it.
Thanks again for bringing this to my attention.
tsjohn19":38d0e77o said:Thanks, at least we have a game plan for keeping it contained; that's as much as I can ask for at this stage. Here are the pictures I said I'd post. Some of them may not be the best quality or highlight the under-bite significantly because these pictures weren't taken with that intention.
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He probably had the lack of uvb and formed it. Its why I get them from breeders.tsjohn19":duqi11pv said:A pet store and even though I appreciate the work that my local store does, it's no secret that pet stores don't and/or can't sufficiently meet the needs of their animals while still trying to turn a profit. The pet store is also a chain, so it isn't even a store that specializes in exotics. He was extremely young when I got him to the point where I was hesitant to even go ahead and get him because my first one, also purchased from a chain pet store, was much older; albeit probably only by a few weeks, but that makes a big difference in those first months. On most days when I go in it's a miracle to not and find the beardies not maimed to a degree from being underfed. It wouldn't surprise one bit if we bought him slightly malnourished considering he was so young and sharing a cage with a few other young ones.
Yea. Ive heard of people getting them and a week later they have yello fungus or sick.tsjohn19":36meqjxi said:Yeah that's very possible because I know for certain they don't provide uvb because I have discussed this with them. Yeah any future reptile purchases will almost certainly come from a breeder. I was just so spoiled with my older female because of how healthy she has been that the obvious downfalls of commercial purchasing never weighed too heavily on my mind.
THATS GREAT. Well its nothing beyter than a happy bearded dragon or pets in general. Keep up the good worktsjohn19":1dixg37w said:Vlad's doing great thanks for asking. He's enjoying his slightly heightened protein diet and is still loving the black cherry juice. It is crazy what just a few more roaches does for filling him out. He runs around like a crazy man when he sees his sister (non-biological) and seems to have no mobility issues or obvious discomfort. I'll let you if anything changes.
Thanks
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