- Beardie name(s)
- Toothless
Hello,
Just thinking about you & hope you are doing alright. We have all been through loss & it is no fun at all.
We are all here for you if you need anything at all.
Tracie
So very sorry for your loss of your beloved beardie! You did everything you could and then made the very brave decision to let her go and end her suffering. Im hoping with all my heart that your other beardies pull through just fine and do well!
Dr. Cabbil said to keep an eye on her. Said if the cough doesn't start clearing up soon, consider taking her to uga because a persistent cough that isn't cleared by meds is usually an indication of heart disease/problems. Which when we brought Nova to uga initially in October (right before she got spayed) im pretty sure they did say something about her having some "mild heart disease issues" because she's so overweight. (Which, upside is she was like 900 something grams -- 998g per our vet, like 870g per uga -- and she's down to 775g in just 5 months) so, i wouldnt be super surprised there, unless that is the case and its gotten worse in which case, awesome, more money we absolutely don't have right now.If it was a reaction to the medicine there was probably not likely anything you could have done. I know that don't help but don't blame yourself either. If she aspirated on the water it would have probably been noticeable quickly. It was more than likely the thickened saliva. You didn't have any way of knowing about it or preventing it.


Im a little concerned with her, her coughing sounds like an old squeaker toy and while I did bump her temperatures up a good bit, when she's basking, she sits with her mouth kinda cracked and im a bit worried that's an open mouth breathing thing because of the cough, etc. And she's not wanting to eat, but thats not super uncommon for her. And Cabbil checked really well and said her saliva isn't super sticky, like Dreki's was. Dreki was so sticky, it was like tacky glue. And nova hasnt eaten more than like a hornworm or two in the last week-ish amd so i was considering giving her some critical care/repashy. But I'm paranoid of her aspirating on it, like Dreki. She doesn't look nearly as bad as Dreki looked, but she does seem a little meh, to say the least.
Also, she used to love getting off the bed and going Dreki's tank to harass her. And she tried to do that today, but it was empty so she just sat there and stared into her tank and it was hard not to cry. And yes, I know Dreki's tank is messy, she loved to toss her salad everywhere.
