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Depression and Beardie Care - Advice
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[QUOTE="anonanemone, post: 2015767, member: 117539"] So last year my bearded dragon was diagnosed with gout. They did the blood work and x-rays and determined it wasn’t in his kidneys and was still early on. But I’ve had him for about 6 years now and it was very saddening news. I did a complete overhaul of his diet as the vet suggested and immediately give him his prescribed medication whenever I see any signs of discomfort. However, in the past week it’s suddenly affecting way more limbs than usual and I can tell it’s very painful for him to try and move. He still has his huge appetite and (before this new pain hit him) would be climbing all on his hammock and around his tank. I scheduled a new appointment with the vet as I’m worried about how much of a down turn this is. My mental health has also been on a downward spiral from family problems, work problems, applying to graduate school, housing/financial stress, etc. I know that gout is normally caused by bad husbandry. I know for a fact there were many times I’d skip doing his weekly baths. I haven’t taken him out as much because all I do when I finish working is go to sleep. Knowing he is in pain because I was too weak to properly monitor his living conditions makes me feel sick. Is he better off without me? I love him so much. He’s my baby. I start crying whenever I think about surrendering him, but am I unhealthy for him? I’ve been looking up different things to help manage the pain and I have a list of questions for the vet and I plan to ask her about his also. But what do you all think? I want to stress that I do not want to give him up. I don’t see him as a burden. I just want him to be ok, no matter how much it hurts me. [/QUOTE]
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