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My mischievous Bandit
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[QUOTE="ohmybandit, post: 1926825, member: 60599"] I almost lost bandit yesterday. [img]https://www.beardeddragon.org/media/30972/full[/img] This is when I thought she was dead. [img]https://www.beardeddragon.org/media/30968/full[/img] This is from coming home from the vet to 3/4 hrs after the vet She has been through so much with me, I was completely devastated. I kept hearing a weird wheezing like sound and thought it was the dogs so I didn’t pay attention until one of the dogs looked at bandit’s cage. So I went over there, she was laying on her cool side gaping and laying in her fresh bowel movement. I grabbed her to lift her to put her on her branch to clean when I noticed she looked almost like she prolapsed. So I cleaned quickly and grabbed her for a bath. Once she was in the water, she proceeded to run sideways almost trying to flip herself over. (Immediately thought something neurological, or she fell hit her head or broke something, or worse that star gazing disease) I took her out put her in a towel, she gasped a few times and went limp, like I could poke her and move her and there was NO reaction. I tried opening her eyes to see if she would react but I couldn’t get them open and I didn’t want to damage her if she was alive. I called my husband bawling my eyes out and literally screaming. She was dead. Her eyes sunk. Her beard was black. And she was motionless. No reaction, no breaths. I grabbed her, put her in my heated blanket and cuddled her for her final moments, there she lifted her head. She had very shallow breaths very far apart. I hung up on my husband and immediately started calling vets. My intention was to evaluate quality of life since she was struggling and since I was crying the poor vet techs/front desk had a hard time hearing me. I finally found a vet who sees reptiles about 45 min away, they told me to bring her in ASAP but I can’t come in due to covid-19. We were to discuss possible euthanasia since she was struggling. I turn on the last street to make it there, and bandit is wrapped in towels and a bunch of hand warmers, and there she is, sitting up staring at me with her black beard (mind you bandit NEVER black beards other than today) The amount of relief that took over me is mind boggling. She has a severe respiratory infection. I am to give her shots every 3 days for the next 2 weeks and pain meds for the next 4 days. She is alive. She finally ate some supers and a dubia today. I was so heart broken yesterday. I feel like I just got a second chance with her and I’m going to make sure I spoil her the best I can. Her eyes are still sunken but her colors are all light and no stress marks, no black beard ? [img]https://www.beardeddragon.org/media/30970/full[/img] This is her this morning shortly after giving her metacam [/QUOTE]
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