Hi everyone, I'm desperate and need help. So sorry for the long post! Just very concerned.
I have a beautiful boy named Albert, and he's been ill for about almost 2 weeks now and is getting worse.
He has a black beard all the time now, and half of his tail is dark most of the time. He's very weak and doesn't move around a lot, except to move in and out of his basking spot. Sometimes he will go very limp (gets worse whenever I give him food or antibiotics). His eyes will be sunken most of the time, and then bulging the next. Most of the time he has his eyes closed, but sometimes he will open them and be a little perky. He poops a tiny bit every now and then, but they're usually small dollops of urate. They look like a slight tan color. Earlier today he had small mushy smelly poop, with very little urate. He's also been gulping a lot and will sometimes lick his mouth. His saliva also looks a bit thick and slimey. His skin looks a little wrinkled too, but I'm not sure if that's because of his positioning or not. Doesn't look that wrinkled when he's lying in a straight position and is splayed out.
He's already been to the vet twice now, and he's gotten worse. First visit was because he went almost a week without eating and was being very lethargic, which is unusual of him. They couldn't find anything wrong with him, but they injected him with liquids for hydration and prescribed me 10 days worth of baytril with some omnivore special care food to syringe feed him 4-5 times a day with and then told me to hope for the best.
Second visit was because he started to black beard and has gotten worse since the first visit and his antibiotics didn't seem to be doing anything. They still couldn't figure out what's wrong with him.
Fast forward to now, I have like 3 antibiotics left. I haven't given him any of it today, because he acts worse whenever I do give him his baytril, and it doesn't seem to be doing anything at all for him. I had to quit feeding him that omnivore stuff at one point because he puked it all back up one day (Looked like there was a bit of dark purple poop in it?? Might have been a blueberry from before. Not sure if it was vomit or poo, but it looked like undigested food, and his back end was not messy at all), so now I'm scared to feed him anything else. I've been giving him bits of water 2-3 times a day, and he seems to have no issues with that.
He's been tested for parasites, but came back clean (His bagged poop was refrigerated (gross, I know! sorry) and kept for about 2 days because he had barely been pooping and I saved it incase he didn't go again. I don't know if that messed with the results or not.) and he's been x-rayed and checked for impaction, but all they found was excessive gas build up in him. I'm not sure if that's what's causing all of this??
They didn't do any blood work on him, so I'm considering going back and asking them to do that. Does anyone know what's wrong with my poor baby? What can I do for him until I'm able to take him back to the vet?
BTW, you can check my profile for his setup info. His humidity is currently 40%, but at some points for a little while it was around 25%. He also weighs 635 grams. I don't know if it would help with anything, but I have pics of him in his current state and also have a copy of his x-rays. I could post them if needed.
I have a beautiful boy named Albert, and he's been ill for about almost 2 weeks now and is getting worse.
He has a black beard all the time now, and half of his tail is dark most of the time. He's very weak and doesn't move around a lot, except to move in and out of his basking spot. Sometimes he will go very limp (gets worse whenever I give him food or antibiotics). His eyes will be sunken most of the time, and then bulging the next. Most of the time he has his eyes closed, but sometimes he will open them and be a little perky. He poops a tiny bit every now and then, but they're usually small dollops of urate. They look like a slight tan color. Earlier today he had small mushy smelly poop, with very little urate. He's also been gulping a lot and will sometimes lick his mouth. His saliva also looks a bit thick and slimey. His skin looks a little wrinkled too, but I'm not sure if that's because of his positioning or not. Doesn't look that wrinkled when he's lying in a straight position and is splayed out.
He's already been to the vet twice now, and he's gotten worse. First visit was because he went almost a week without eating and was being very lethargic, which is unusual of him. They couldn't find anything wrong with him, but they injected him with liquids for hydration and prescribed me 10 days worth of baytril with some omnivore special care food to syringe feed him 4-5 times a day with and then told me to hope for the best.
Second visit was because he started to black beard and has gotten worse since the first visit and his antibiotics didn't seem to be doing anything. They still couldn't figure out what's wrong with him.
Fast forward to now, I have like 3 antibiotics left. I haven't given him any of it today, because he acts worse whenever I do give him his baytril, and it doesn't seem to be doing anything at all for him. I had to quit feeding him that omnivore stuff at one point because he puked it all back up one day (Looked like there was a bit of dark purple poop in it?? Might have been a blueberry from before. Not sure if it was vomit or poo, but it looked like undigested food, and his back end was not messy at all), so now I'm scared to feed him anything else. I've been giving him bits of water 2-3 times a day, and he seems to have no issues with that.
He's been tested for parasites, but came back clean (His bagged poop was refrigerated (gross, I know! sorry) and kept for about 2 days because he had barely been pooping and I saved it incase he didn't go again. I don't know if that messed with the results or not.) and he's been x-rayed and checked for impaction, but all they found was excessive gas build up in him. I'm not sure if that's what's causing all of this??
They didn't do any blood work on him, so I'm considering going back and asking them to do that. Does anyone know what's wrong with my poor baby? What can I do for him until I'm able to take him back to the vet?
BTW, you can check my profile for his setup info. His humidity is currently 40%, but at some points for a little while it was around 25%. He also weighs 635 grams. I don't know if it would help with anything, but I have pics of him in his current state and also have a copy of his x-rays. I could post them if needed.
My poor baby. I wish I knew what was wrong with him.
