Dragonfury866
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My bearded dragon has been coughing for a while now, and I took her to a vet several months ago for it. The people there gave me something to treat parasites in hopes it would help her fight off whatever was making her cough. I always assumed she had an upper respiratory infection, but they didn’t test for it and told me to just give her meds for the parasites they found. I did, but the coughing never went away. I would’ve taken her back a month ago, but they were closed so I finally made an appointment that’s about two weeks from now. The day after I made the appointment, everything got much much worse. She is coughing and making gargly noises nonstop, her beard is dark, she’s constantly closing her eyes, and sometimes when she coughs she moves her whole body aggressively. She’s been lethargic lately, I’ll set her down and she won’t even move. At what point does it become a serious emergency where I need to rush her to the vet and declare it urgent? I’m not sure if she can hold up for two extra weeks and I don’t know if I’m overreacting. She’s eating fine still, she just takes a lot of breaks in between and coughs. She also has some moments
where she’s doing fine, no black beard and not many coughing noises. I just want to know when this becomes an emergency. I don’t want her dying because of my inability to assess the situation. I also don’t want to overreact and take her to the vet for an emergency when she’s fine waiting it out a couple weeks. I tend to overreact when any of my animals get sick. So at what point is it an emergency that can no longer wait?
where she’s doing fine, no black beard and not many coughing noises. I just want to know when this becomes an emergency. I don’t want her dying because of my inability to assess the situation. I also don’t want to overreact and take her to the vet for an emergency when she’s fine waiting it out a couple weeks. I tend to overreact when any of my animals get sick. So at what point is it an emergency that can no longer wait?