Lethargic Beardy

[Beardednoob]

Here is a good information page on Adenoviruses (aka yellow fungus)

 

[Chrismcnicholas]

Here is a good information page on Adenoviruses (aka yellow fungus)

I think you may have forgotten to add the link
From some of the stuff I've read it's more common in beardys that have been treated for parasites which mine has not. I've just noticed that under her scales looks a bit yellow and/or a bit pale, this could also be because this whole thing started as she was going into a shed and hasn't finished it yet.
Here i'll try to post the picture again.

Where her skin kinda folds up because of the way she's sitting you can see a bit of yellow/orange tint and once i saw that if i looked close enough i could see it elsewhere too.

Also i'm still wondering if anyone knows if it's safe to give her some antacid. The vet said i should give her .1 ml every other day for a while to help bind the phosphate so her calcium levels could catch back up. I picked some up today but I don't want to give her something that will make things worse.

 

[Beardednoob]

You are right the picture is blurry I cannot tell, kinda to me it looks like the normal BD colors, and I don't have any idea on the antacid. Anyone else have any idea for that? If you can try to get a more clear image of her skin, did you read the page I posted?

 

[Chrismcnicholas]

You are right the picture is blurry I cannot tell, kinda to me it looks like the normal BD colors, and I don't have any idea on the antacid. Anyone else have any idea for that? If you can try to get a more clear image of her skin, did you read the page I posted?

I don't see a link in your earlier post
https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=ff12c85897&view=att&th=12b73d426d8ed775&attid=0.1&disp=inline&zw
That picture is a little less blurry, can't seem to get the camera to focus on her for some reason. She's moving around a bit more now though. I think the main issue she's having is her nails are very long and the carpet keeps sticking. About to give her a bath and put some paper towel in there. Is there a safe way to maybe trim her nails a bit? She's been scratching up my arm pretty badly the last few days poor thing is getting moved around a lot. On another note she had been using the bathroom only every other day for the past few weeks but today is the second or third day in a row she's gone every day which seems like an improvement.

 

[Beardednoob]

Here is a good information page on Adenoviruses (aka yellow fungus)

http://www.reptilerooms.com/index.php?categoryid=17&p142_id=115&p142_dis=3&p142_template=Simple
Sorry about that thought I put it in there.

 

[Chrismcnicholas]

Here is a good information page on Adenoviruses (aka yellow fungus)

http://www.reptilerooms.com/index.php?categoryid=17&p142_id=115&p142_dis=3&p142_template=Simple
Sorry about that thought I put it in there.

No problem, from looking at that page i'm fairly confident she doesn't have that but I am going to keep an eye out for it because to be quite honest it scares the hell out of me. I have a tendency to obsess over things and be a bit paranoid so I really appreciate the help

 

[Beardednoob]

No problem I am the same way when it come to thing I care about. How is she doing btw?

 

[Chrismcnicholas]

No problem I am the same way when it come to thing I care about. How is she doing btw?

She's doing pretty good, sitting in her basking area right now soaking up some heat and looking very alert and pretty content I honestly think the sun helped a lot more than I thought and her nails are the reason she's not moving around a lot, I've heard you can file them down if you're afraid to cut them to trim them have you heard anything about that?

 

[Beardednoob]

I would recommend filing them, that way you don't accidentally cut to far, just file enough to take the tip down. I would make sure to use a very fine file too. That way it doesn't pull on her fingers too much either. BTW here are some good looking slate tiles....
http://www.stonetiledepot.com/search_results.aspx?MSItype=1&item=SLATE
just to give an idea

 

[Chrismcnicholas]

I would recommend filing them, that way you don't accidentally cut to far, just file enough to take the tip down. I would make sure to use a very fine file too. That way it doesn't pull on her fingers too much either. BTW here are some good looking slate tiles....
http://www.stonetiledepot.com/search_results.aspx?MSItype=1&item=SLATE
just to give an idea

Oh thank you very much! I was planning on going to look at some tiles tomorrow I'll have to go out and get a file in a little bit because i don't think my fiance would be too pleased if I used one of hers lol.

 

[Beardednoob]

I would recommend filing them, that way you don't accidentally cut to far, just file enough to take the tip down. I would make sure to use a very fine file too. That way it doesn't pull on her fingers too much either. BTW here are some good looking slate tiles....
http://www.stonetiledepot.com/search_results.aspx?MSItype=1&item=SLATE
just to give an idea

Oh thank you very much! I was planning on going to look at some tiles tomorrow I'll have to go out and get a file in a little bit because i don't think my fiance would be too pleased if I used one of hers lol.

LOL too funny girls and their files. I want you to know I think it is great how you are so attentively helping your little girl. Keep it up.

 

[Chrismcnicholas]

I would recommend filing them, that way you don't accidentally cut to far, just file enough to take the tip down. I would make sure to use a very fine file too. That way it doesn't pull on her fingers too much either. BTW here are some good looking slate tiles....
http://www.stonetiledepot.com/search_results.aspx?MSItype=1&item=SLATE
just to give an idea

Oh thank you very much! I was planning on going to look at some tiles tomorrow I'll have to go out and get a file in a little bit because i don't think my fiance would be too pleased if I used one of hers lol.

LOL too funny girls and their files. I want you to know I think it is great how you are so attentively helping your little girl. Keep it up.

Thank you for your kind words they make me feel a lot better. I feel like I've let her down up until now and i'm trying to get everything the way it needs to be for her to be healthy and happy. Heading off to the store to grab a file and hopefully get her nails taken care of before bed time.

Update: Home with a file for her nails, poor thing looks pooped but I'm going to give it a shot before bed time!
http://img844.imageshack.us/i/10031020081801.jpg/
Picture of her when i got home.

 

[Chrismcnicholas]

I would recommend filing them, that way you don't accidentally cut to far, just file enough to take the tip down. I would make sure to use a very fine file too. That way it doesn't pull on her fingers too much either. BTW here are some good looking slate tiles....
http://www.stonetiledepot.com/search_results.aspx?MSItype=1&item=SLATE
just to give an idea

Oh thank you very much! I was planning on going to look at some tiles tomorrow I'll have to go out and get a file in a little bit because i don't think my fiance would be too pleased if I used one of hers lol.

LOL too funny girls and their files. I want you to know I think it is great how you are so attentively helping your little girl. Keep it up.

Thank you for your kind words they make me feel a lot better. I feel like I've let her down up until now and i'm trying to get everything the way it needs to be for her to be healthy and happy. Heading off to the store to grab a file and hopefully get her nails taken care of before bed time.

Update: Home with a file for her nails, poor thing looks pooped but I'm going to give it a shot before bed time!
http://img844.imageshack.us/i/10031020081801.jpg/
Picture of her when i got home.

Update 2: She was having NONE of that tonight i'll have to go back at it tomorrow, I got a few of her toes filed down a bit but no big progress. Although she tried to run away from me towards the end and she seems to be walking a lot better
Another small question, she just walked to the side of the tank and kinda rubbed her face on it and the reptile carpet i have in there, is this normal when they're shedding? Think i'm going to give her a bath really quick before bed because i never ended up doing it earlier.

Another update: after her bath she walked around in her cage fairly normally without her nails getting caught or her stumbling or anything ! Also her shed seems to have picked back up (it seems to have slowed down/stopped while she hasn't been feeling good) which is why i think she was doing the rubbing because you can tell that some of the skin around her eyes is loose.

 

[Beardednoob]

Yeah it is normal for lizards of all types to rub on things to loosen the skin on their bodies. I little guy Ifrit does it all the time too, it also is a way they can clean their mouths. Glad to hear she is doing okay. How old is your carpet in your tank and is it reptile carpet?

 

[Chrismcnicholas]

Yeah it is normal for lizards of all types to rub on things to loosen the skin on their bodies. I little guy Ifrit does it all the time too, it also is a way they can clean their mouths. Glad to hear she is doing okay. How old is your carpet in your tank and is it reptile carpet?

It is reptile carpet and it's about 3 weeks old, i've cleaned it twice since i've gotten it. I'm still planning on getting some tile for the bottom of the cage as soon as i can though because from everything i've heard it's much better.