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Is it safe to give fluids for dehydrated beardie if they have fluid in abdomen?
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[QUOTE="EmmaL, post: 2023843, member: 117492"] Okay wow that’s really good to hear that she might not be in as bad of shape as I thought. She’s about 5 and has never laid eggs before but I did bring that up to my vet. I was worried she might be experiencing yolk peritonitis or something serious like that because of the fluid in her abdomen. They told me once they have fluid in the abdomen it means something is very wrong. Could being gravid cause fluid in the belly? She also told me she doesn’t think it’s eggs because she thought the fluid test would come back with very high protein levels. But she was not sure about any of it and was going to consult with a specialist, so I wouldn’t be surprised if she was wrong. I do have two x rays I will attach. One from last Thursday and one from yesterday. They said they couldn’t see much in the X-ray because of all the fluid. But they also gave her an ultrasound when they were draining some of the stomach fluid and couldn’t see any eggs. I will definitely give her a lay box as you suggested, I guess my question now is when should I start being worried about a more serious problem like preovulatory stasis or yolk peritonitis? I’ve just read a lot of horror stories about it and how it can kill dragons so quickly if you don’t do something about it in time. A few weeks ago she was digging and hiding a lot which made me suspect she could have eggs, but I had also just given her a loose substrate for the first time in a while so I thought maybe she was just not used to it. She’s also been avoiding her basking spot which is not like her. And I noticed that her stomach looked bigger on one side than it did the other. But the results of the fluid test definitely scared me, they made it seem like it was something very very bad, like heart failure or cancer. Also do you think I should hold off on giving her calcium for a while because he levels are so high? Again, thank you so much for your input!!! [/QUOTE]
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