traildrifterphalanx
Sub-Adult Member
Hey everyone,
So random opportunity knocked on my door today.
Just yesterday, my neighbors across the street found out I kept reptiles when I was outside with my chameleon. I mentioned I had bearded dragons as well.
Today, one of them knocked on my door and told me a friend of hers from the school district was looking to rehome her classroom pet of 5 years for free and asked if I was interested. Knowing nothing further, I agreed to take her in.
Thirty minutes later, I met Charli. It was obvious pretty immediately that she had some MBD, but it wasn't until I got her home that I realized the full extent.
I have renamed her Juste, a descendant of Simon in the Castlevania lore (though my girl Simon was far younger than this girl.)
She's in a full body shed that almost looks like pure neglect, like a dog with mange, has mobility issues, is constantly stuck in pancake mode, and has tremors and shakes. She's also clearly impacted as she struggled until she gave up trying to poop in her warm bath as soon as I got her home.
Her setup was a 40g, sliding top screen enclosure with a coil uvb bulb, basking bulb, and black light... her main diet has been large mealworms. Substrate, luckily, has been repticarpet.
I'm in the process of sanitizing all of her belongings, washing her repticarpet, and scrubbing her rocks, so she's on paper towel and a clean bath towel for the time being.
Her uvb is going to be replaced right away (it was flickering for minutes when I turned it on, who knows how old this bulb is?) and she will always keep a low to the ground basking site as she lacks mobility and cannot right herself (like a turtle)
17" and 550g
She otherwise looks to be in decent health and is a good size.
She is quarantined from my other two. She is at the opposite end of the house.
So random opportunity knocked on my door today.
Just yesterday, my neighbors across the street found out I kept reptiles when I was outside with my chameleon. I mentioned I had bearded dragons as well.
Today, one of them knocked on my door and told me a friend of hers from the school district was looking to rehome her classroom pet of 5 years for free and asked if I was interested. Knowing nothing further, I agreed to take her in.
Thirty minutes later, I met Charli. It was obvious pretty immediately that she had some MBD, but it wasn't until I got her home that I realized the full extent.
I have renamed her Juste, a descendant of Simon in the Castlevania lore (though my girl Simon was far younger than this girl.)
She's in a full body shed that almost looks like pure neglect, like a dog with mange, has mobility issues, is constantly stuck in pancake mode, and has tremors and shakes. She's also clearly impacted as she struggled until she gave up trying to poop in her warm bath as soon as I got her home.
Her setup was a 40g, sliding top screen enclosure with a coil uvb bulb, basking bulb, and black light... her main diet has been large mealworms. Substrate, luckily, has been repticarpet.
I'm in the process of sanitizing all of her belongings, washing her repticarpet, and scrubbing her rocks, so she's on paper towel and a clean bath towel for the time being.
Her uvb is going to be replaced right away (it was flickering for minutes when I turned it on, who knows how old this bulb is?) and she will always keep a low to the ground basking site as she lacks mobility and cannot right herself (like a turtle)
17" and 550g
She otherwise looks to be in decent health and is a good size.
She is quarantined from my other two. She is at the opposite end of the house.