Hello,
I am brand new to the board, but was unsure if I should post on the intro page, or come right to this one. Trying to figure out what is wrong with our daughters' Bearded Dragon. (She is a responsible 15 year old, not a young child.)
Before I get into his history, I want to say first off that he is already at the vets, with their intents to keep him a couple of days, but his official condition is as "guarded".
He is approximately 2.5 years old, and has always been healthy, social, and a good eater.
About 2 weeks ago, he stopped eating. Since he was acting otherwise normal, didnt think too much of it. Then very little stool, but figured if he wasnt eating, there's not going to be any/much.
At 2 weeks, we were really starting to worry. Stimulation via the tub showed some sand with the stool (he WAS on calcuim sand per another BD owner - changed to newspaper), so called the vet yesterday fearing impaction.
This afternoon, he was very lethergic. Vet appointment was at 4 pm. Vet dx'd as severely anemic, but dont yet know what else is going on, or WHY he is anemic. His two blood draws were at 8 & 9, the vet said he should be at 40.
They have him in an incubator, plan to xray and tube feed.
Our estimate from the vets also include Baytril, Panacur & Metodronitle? Sorry, I dont have the estimate in front of me, I can never spell that word LOL - the last one I know is the same thing as Flagel... So I know they are "automatically" planning to give him ABs and worm.
Aside from possible parasites, WHAT could make him so anemic? I know absolutely nothing about reptile diseases.
Any input would be greatly appreciated. Now that I have gone backwards and posted here first, am going to go read read read this board.
Thanks in advance,
Geri
I am brand new to the board, but was unsure if I should post on the intro page, or come right to this one. Trying to figure out what is wrong with our daughters' Bearded Dragon. (She is a responsible 15 year old, not a young child.)
Before I get into his history, I want to say first off that he is already at the vets, with their intents to keep him a couple of days, but his official condition is as "guarded".
He is approximately 2.5 years old, and has always been healthy, social, and a good eater.
About 2 weeks ago, he stopped eating. Since he was acting otherwise normal, didnt think too much of it. Then very little stool, but figured if he wasnt eating, there's not going to be any/much.
At 2 weeks, we were really starting to worry. Stimulation via the tub showed some sand with the stool (he WAS on calcuim sand per another BD owner - changed to newspaper), so called the vet yesterday fearing impaction.
This afternoon, he was very lethergic. Vet appointment was at 4 pm. Vet dx'd as severely anemic, but dont yet know what else is going on, or WHY he is anemic. His two blood draws were at 8 & 9, the vet said he should be at 40.
They have him in an incubator, plan to xray and tube feed.
Our estimate from the vets also include Baytril, Panacur & Metodronitle? Sorry, I dont have the estimate in front of me, I can never spell that word LOL - the last one I know is the same thing as Flagel... So I know they are "automatically" planning to give him ABs and worm.
Aside from possible parasites, WHAT could make him so anemic? I know absolutely nothing about reptile diseases.
Any input would be greatly appreciated. Now that I have gone backwards and posted here first, am going to go read read read this board.
Thanks in advance,
Geri
