BlueDragon09
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Hey everyone!
I'll make it clear, I don't need help and Im not a good writer. I'll get to the point. I also have Asperger's Syndrome so I'll stop myself from rambling about unimportant stuff.
So I've had dragons for 13 years. In my years of having dragons, I have never ever had THIS problem. Ok, so Broly is 2 years old very healthy with over $1000 of vet bills. Why?
Because he's inbred. Don't get the wrong idea I love him to bits. In his first year, he had pinworms, treated. They messed up his GI tract to the point he takes enzyme meds because he doesn't produce enough "juices" to digest. Thats fine and all. I'm posting to tell owners that parasites arent always to blame for runny stools. If they smell bad then yes, parasites. Here's the actual story sorry...so he's had runny stools for as long as I can remember. We had sooo many vet visits it's crazy. We found out in an xray he has a KINK in his loop of Henle. So we were advised to partially dry salads. We have to give gout meds to help kidneys, give water with a tiny bit of sea salt to help electrolytes. We do this forever. We were advised to add pumpkin to his diet to keep things flowing or he'd stop up. So in other words, he's always gonna have runny stools because of inbred and in turn kink in his loop. He's a happy boy even with all the problems he has.
I just wanted to share my experience and maybe it helps people in the similar problems and can't find the issue. Im sorry if it's a lot. I hope it makes sense. Yes! This was all advised by an experienced reptile vet! It's a rare issue and not everyone will have what I do. It's more of a warning to inbred reptiles. People decided to inbreed and this is what I deal with every single day. Oh he also has MBD don't worry we got that under control! He's better now. Kinks in his tail but it's been halted for the most part. He's 2 yrs old, 20" long 508g and a Seattle Seahawk fan!
I'll make it clear, I don't need help and Im not a good writer. I'll get to the point. I also have Asperger's Syndrome so I'll stop myself from rambling about unimportant stuff.
So I've had dragons for 13 years. In my years of having dragons, I have never ever had THIS problem. Ok, so Broly is 2 years old very healthy with over $1000 of vet bills. Why?
Because he's inbred. Don't get the wrong idea I love him to bits. In his first year, he had pinworms, treated. They messed up his GI tract to the point he takes enzyme meds because he doesn't produce enough "juices" to digest. Thats fine and all. I'm posting to tell owners that parasites arent always to blame for runny stools. If they smell bad then yes, parasites. Here's the actual story sorry...so he's had runny stools for as long as I can remember. We had sooo many vet visits it's crazy. We found out in an xray he has a KINK in his loop of Henle. So we were advised to partially dry salads. We have to give gout meds to help kidneys, give water with a tiny bit of sea salt to help electrolytes. We do this forever. We were advised to add pumpkin to his diet to keep things flowing or he'd stop up. So in other words, he's always gonna have runny stools because of inbred and in turn kink in his loop. He's a happy boy even with all the problems he has.
I just wanted to share my experience and maybe it helps people in the similar problems and can't find the issue. Im sorry if it's a lot. I hope it makes sense. Yes! This was all advised by an experienced reptile vet! It's a rare issue and not everyone will have what I do. It's more of a warning to inbred reptiles. People decided to inbreed and this is what I deal with every single day. Oh he also has MBD don't worry we got that under control! He's better now. Kinks in his tail but it's been halted for the most part. He's 2 yrs old, 20" long 508g and a Seattle Seahawk fan!