my girl has been on voriconazole for under a month now and i've seen drastic improvement in not only her appearance but her behavior/eating habits as well.
I read so many horror stories about YF. I'm doing my best for her but I'm also not trying to get my hopes up too high since everything I've read sounds like it's a death sentence.
I want to thank Drache613 for helping me out through all of this.
I'm not sure if it's cure-able, but all I've read suggest that successful treatment is at least possible when done right/soon enough. I get the impression that it's pretty brutal and often fatal, but that it's not always a death sentence. It's great to hear Pixel is showing improvements! Hopefully she will be one of the success stories! I know I'm rooting for her.
I wouldn't worry if I were you. My beardie had yellow fungus when he was just 4 months old. Tiny little guy right? The herp vet I went to said as long as its caught early on you'll be fine. I psyched myself out think Thor was going to die but he's definitely living. :wink:
Just be patient, your beardie will probably shed and the fungus will look Visible and bad again, but its nothing to worry about. They're just getting rid of the dead skin. Reptiles take a long time to heal.
Thanks for the advice!
Pixel seems to have shed most of the yellow spots now besides a few in her beard. It's her second shed since we started the medication. After the first one she looked horrible, but after this one she is definitely my pretty little red dragon again.
I'm rooting for her for sure, she's survived so much trauma in her short little life all ready I'm hoping we can get through this one too
I am very happy Pixel is doing so much better now & shedding off the skin slowly!
How is her appetite doing now?
I really hope that it was all caught in time.
Pixel has one more day of treatment left and unfortunately she has a few new spots of fungus. I am so heartbroken. She was doing so well. I plan on giving it a month after we're done the medication before I make the decision to have her euthanized. It may sound horrible, and it's not the fact I don't want to treat her again, believe me I do. I just can't see her go through this again with possibly (probably) the same outcome.
Wish us luck and hope these few spots are just a fluke and that we did beat the fungus...
Oh no, Pixel has a few more spots that cropped up? Where at now?
Is her appetite doing good?
I was hoping she had beat it, but it is hard though, it can consume their systems. How long has she been on meds for now? Depending on the extent, it can take quite awhile for it all to leave the system.