RegalDrake
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I'll preface this with I work at a pet store and we get our animals from questionable sources...
We received a baby dragon who appeared to be suffering some type of neurological issues. He couldn't keep his feet under him and was constantly falling on his face trying to get around, almost like he had no control of what his legs were doing. Took him to the vet and they claimed it was calcium deficiency and had him on boosted calcium intake for two months. During those two months, he ate well, basked and did his best to behave like a normal dragon would, but he still couldn't walk right. He finished his "meds" and we took him back to the vet. They basically said it's neurological but he's fine.
Well, we adopt these kinds of animals out and I was afraid he would be sent home with someone who just wanted a free animal, so I took him home myself. It's been three or so months now. He eats well, both bugs and greens, but he hasn't grown from the time we got him at the store to now... He still tries to thrive, I can tell he's fighting, but there's next to no muscle on his legs and it pains me to see him struggle to catch food that I'm holding still directly in front of him.
He doesn't seem to be in any pain, but the fact is he isn't growing regardless of how much he eats. I have another dragon that's a similar age as him and that one is four times his size now... I just wonder if it would be better to let him go...
We received a baby dragon who appeared to be suffering some type of neurological issues. He couldn't keep his feet under him and was constantly falling on his face trying to get around, almost like he had no control of what his legs were doing. Took him to the vet and they claimed it was calcium deficiency and had him on boosted calcium intake for two months. During those two months, he ate well, basked and did his best to behave like a normal dragon would, but he still couldn't walk right. He finished his "meds" and we took him back to the vet. They basically said it's neurological but he's fine.
Well, we adopt these kinds of animals out and I was afraid he would be sent home with someone who just wanted a free animal, so I took him home myself. It's been three or so months now. He eats well, both bugs and greens, but he hasn't grown from the time we got him at the store to now... He still tries to thrive, I can tell he's fighting, but there's next to no muscle on his legs and it pains me to see him struggle to catch food that I'm holding still directly in front of him.
He doesn't seem to be in any pain, but the fact is he isn't growing regardless of how much he eats. I have another dragon that's a similar age as him and that one is four times his size now... I just wonder if it would be better to let him go...