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Failure to thrive, or ill-timed brumation?
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[QUOTE="leftayy, post: 2010705, member: 117202"] Hi, Montero is a 1.5-year-old female bearded dragon. Early November she tested positive for coccidia and received two rounds of oral antibiotics. A fecal sample after treatment tested negative for coccidia. I originally tested her for parasites because she was losing her appetite and sleeping for longer periods each day. Even though coccidia is apparently cleared from her system, her symptoms are getting worse. She went from being active for at least a few hours every morning, to not getting up at all. She refuses to eat her salad, and I don't want to give her live feeders if she isn't basking. (For some reason she still perks up when I offer a raspberry. But she can't live off raspberries!) I would assume she's going into brumation, except that she's barely pooped. Last week she pooped, but only after I gave her a leftover sugar solution (lactulose) from the vet, prescribed for constipation last year. Before the sugar solution, she hadn't pooped for a couple weeks (!!). My fear is that her most recent fecal sample gave a false negative, and she still has coccidia. She's getting lots of baths. I'm also feeding her a couple ML of watered-down Oxbow Herbivore Care each morning, hoping to give her some nutrients and keep her hydrated. When she poops again, I'm sending another fecal sample to the vet. Other details about her care are on my profile. One notable thing is that she was gravid over the summer; ever since laying eggs, she's been a little skinnier and less peppy. So, basically I'm trying to figure out if she's brumating or still sick. Is there anything else I should be doing? (or anything I should quit doing?) Just want my baby to feel better! [/QUOTE]
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