tatianaaraclli
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so, yesterday my beardie that i have had for almost a month showed sighs of MBD but never had before, at least i didn't notice. in the morning her leg was twitching and i got worried and checked her out. she was fine, to the eye at least. later that day it did it again but this time was more or less spasming so i got her out and she was walking funny and from her ankle down it was swollen so i freaked out and started looking for vets but my mom wanted to wait till the next day(today) before going to the vet so we did and this morning it has also affected her right front leg and where it started, the right back leg. as soon as i noticed i told my mom and she made an appointment and while we were waiting for the appointment i tried to feed her some dubias but she only ate a couple and refused to eat anymore(yes i fed her a good two hours before the appointment so she had time to digest it) at the vet he told me nothing that i didn't already suspect and gave her a calcium shot and said to change the calcium that i was using and she would be okay but i don't know how i feel about that because i feel and have read that they would give me some liquid calcium or something but i am not a doctor so what do i know but not only that when i told him that i feed her dubias he looked at me like i was crazy and had no idea what they were and for a herp i think you would know about dubias not only that he suggested i feed her crickets instead which goes against the research i did before getting a beardie so i don't know if i should trust him or not but my mom would be upset if we had to go to another vet
so currently i have tried to get her to eat some butternut squash baby food i made with some repcal calcium+d3 which she did not go for
and btw i got her off of craigslist(i know i know) and she was pretty well kept, she is a beautiful citrus tigar 16" long who is a little over a year old and in my opinion she looks a bit skinny but the vet said she was good. they were using the kit from national geographic which i am still using the cage(40 gallon) itself but that's it. i changed all of the lights and am using the reptisun 10.0 T8 that is 6" away from basking spot with a halogen spot light(my mistake, i didn't think it would be so spotty. i know very stupid but it works) that is 45 watts. way too hot so instead of taking it back because i am one of those people i have just sat it on top of a whole bunch of books so that the basking spot is 98/99 degrees and the cool side is 72 and those are measured with the digital aquarium thermometers everyone seems to have. i feed dubia roaches twice a week that i will be changing to three times maybe four please give me some input(dusted every time with repashy but now i will be using repcal) and salads everyday(dusted almost every time) but they only offered her kale so she does not like to eat her salad so she doesn't get that calcium and vitamin intake. i have tried everything i can think of and read but the only thing is if she is very hungry and you can't hold it too close or too far and you can't move it too much or too little and i give her a bath two times a week and mist everyday and get her out two times a day for an hour to two depending if she is cold or if i am cleaning out her cage and i do let her run around my room in that time too
so now i have taken out her logs and put her light down lower(that 45 watts came in handy ) and not sure what to do. please any suggestions on anything would be greatly appreciated :? sorry about the poor grammer, i gave up on it sorry. i'm not sure how to do pictures so if you want some please let me know how to do it
so currently i have tried to get her to eat some butternut squash baby food i made with some repcal calcium+d3 which she did not go for
and btw i got her off of craigslist(i know i know) and she was pretty well kept, she is a beautiful citrus tigar 16" long who is a little over a year old and in my opinion she looks a bit skinny but the vet said she was good. they were using the kit from national geographic which i am still using the cage(40 gallon) itself but that's it. i changed all of the lights and am using the reptisun 10.0 T8 that is 6" away from basking spot with a halogen spot light(my mistake, i didn't think it would be so spotty. i know very stupid but it works) that is 45 watts. way too hot so instead of taking it back because i am one of those people i have just sat it on top of a whole bunch of books so that the basking spot is 98/99 degrees and the cool side is 72 and those are measured with the digital aquarium thermometers everyone seems to have. i feed dubia roaches twice a week that i will be changing to three times maybe four please give me some input(dusted every time with repashy but now i will be using repcal) and salads everyday(dusted almost every time) but they only offered her kale so she does not like to eat her salad so she doesn't get that calcium and vitamin intake. i have tried everything i can think of and read but the only thing is if she is very hungry and you can't hold it too close or too far and you can't move it too much or too little and i give her a bath two times a week and mist everyday and get her out two times a day for an hour to two depending if she is cold or if i am cleaning out her cage and i do let her run around my room in that time too
so now i have taken out her logs and put her light down lower(that 45 watts came in handy ) and not sure what to do. please any suggestions on anything would be greatly appreciated :? sorry about the poor grammer, i gave up on it sorry. i'm not sure how to do pictures so if you want some please let me know how to do it