KimnAustin990
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So my boyfriend is a mechanic and he was working at his job when a car came in for a brake job. He was looking in the trunk for the key to the wheel locks and there were two boxes. He kind of moved on and it started shaking. He opened in and there was one beardie in each (there were 2 boxes). He asked the dude what he was going to do with them and he said "Oh, no one wants them so I'm just going to let them go.." What a jerk!!
Sooo, now we have them both and the boy, Sammie, has bad metabolic bone disease and is missing his back foot. We have him under a UVB/UVA light to see if it helps and having him on a normal diet of greens and crickets. He has two broken ribs that stick out from his side and when you touch his back he closes his eyes and twitches which I assume means it hurts. He also never uses his back legs, he pretty much just drags himself from one side of the tank to another. And it doesn't seem to be because he's missing a foot. I'm not exactly sure why he does that. He also kind of goes crazy and will be fine one minute and the next minute he will be trying to attack your hands. He also tries to attack his own front feet.
The last three days from work I have come home and his is on his back under his log and can't move. And I have heard they can't breathe when they are on there back. Is this true?! I mean, I'm gone for like 4-6 hours so he must be able to breath somewhat because he isn't dead when I come home. If so, I need to figure out how the keep his tank safe as well as have the things he likes (i.e. his log and his hut).
If anyone has any information on MBD and ways to improve his condition, I would REALLY appreciate it!
Thanks, Kim and Austin (sorry this was such a long post)
Sooo, now we have them both and the boy, Sammie, has bad metabolic bone disease and is missing his back foot. We have him under a UVB/UVA light to see if it helps and having him on a normal diet of greens and crickets. He has two broken ribs that stick out from his side and when you touch his back he closes his eyes and twitches which I assume means it hurts. He also never uses his back legs, he pretty much just drags himself from one side of the tank to another. And it doesn't seem to be because he's missing a foot. I'm not exactly sure why he does that. He also kind of goes crazy and will be fine one minute and the next minute he will be trying to attack your hands. He also tries to attack his own front feet.
The last three days from work I have come home and his is on his back under his log and can't move. And I have heard they can't breathe when they are on there back. Is this true?! I mean, I'm gone for like 4-6 hours so he must be able to breath somewhat because he isn't dead when I come home. If so, I need to figure out how the keep his tank safe as well as have the things he likes (i.e. his log and his hut).
If anyone has any information on MBD and ways to improve his condition, I would REALLY appreciate it!
Thanks, Kim and Austin (sorry this was such a long post)