This is an update from my last (and only other) post.
My beardie is ~11 or 12 years old, and is now in a very worrisome state.
He refuses to eat anything but mealworms, and even these he now has difficulty grabbing even if they are right in front of him. Because they are so constipating I do not feed him often, but it is so hard to know what is right.
He is very dehydrated and unnaturally thin, and we have to force open his mouth and give him water via a syringe-like squirter because he will not take it any other way.
I know that forcing him to take water is stressful for him, but I feel thoroughly defeated and at a loss for what to do.
I have essentially accepted the fact that he is likely dying, but I am overwhelmed with guilt regardless.
If what I want for him is to be as close to happiness as he can be, even if that means living aa shorter time, is it worth trying to feed him and give him water?
Additionally, what can I do to make him most comfortable as he goes?
Thank you all so much.
My beardie is ~11 or 12 years old, and is now in a very worrisome state.
He refuses to eat anything but mealworms, and even these he now has difficulty grabbing even if they are right in front of him. Because they are so constipating I do not feed him often, but it is so hard to know what is right.
He is very dehydrated and unnaturally thin, and we have to force open his mouth and give him water via a syringe-like squirter because he will not take it any other way.
I know that forcing him to take water is stressful for him, but I feel thoroughly defeated and at a loss for what to do.
I have essentially accepted the fact that he is likely dying, but I am overwhelmed with guilt regardless.
If what I want for him is to be as close to happiness as he can be, even if that means living aa shorter time, is it worth trying to feed him and give him water?
Additionally, what can I do to make him most comfortable as he goes?
Thank you all so much.