So yesterday my family had a horrible accident, and now Nix, my year-old rescue beardie, is in danger of losing his life. I've only had Nix for about 4 months now, but I've been through a lot with him already, trying my best to get his health in the right direction (he suffers from severe MBD from never having a UVB light or calcium/multivitamin supplement at his first home) and get some weight on him. Just two days ago a friend who hadn't seen Nix since I brought him home came over, and immediately commented on how he looks like a totally different beardie, much larger, brighter, healthier looking, and he moves all the time. So I'm very attached to him, and now I'm scared I'm going to lose him. I can't believe this happened, I'm very experienced and I made a horrible mistake...
Nix still has very weak back legs and sometimes has trouble pooping because of the MBD and his weak muscles, so occasionally I have to give him a natural laxative slurry if he doesn't poop on his own. So yesterday he was straining a bit, so I mixed up his slurry and we sat down to eat it, and he knows the drill. He actually likes the stuff I mix up, and yesterday I guess he got a little excited, because instead of me dripping it on his snout he was actually opening his mouth for me to squirt it in, so I did. I was using the same glass eyedropper I've used a million times with both Nix and many baby birds I've bred. Well on the third or fourth eyedropper full Nix surprised the hell out of me and chomped down on the end of the eyedropper. I heard the glass snap and immediately stuck my fingers in his mouth, trying to pry it open, holding him tilted downward for it to fall out, but he must have swallowed the glass tip immediately because it was gone...
Nix still has very weak back legs and sometimes has trouble pooping because of the MBD and his weak muscles, so occasionally I have to give him a natural laxative slurry if he doesn't poop on his own. So yesterday he was straining a bit, so I mixed up his slurry and we sat down to eat it, and he knows the drill. He actually likes the stuff I mix up, and yesterday I guess he got a little excited, because instead of me dripping it on his snout he was actually opening his mouth for me to squirt it in, so I did. I was using the same glass eyedropper I've used a million times with both Nix and many baby birds I've bred. Well on the third or fourth eyedropper full Nix surprised the hell out of me and chomped down on the end of the eyedropper. I heard the glass snap and immediately stuck my fingers in his mouth, trying to pry it open, holding him tilted downward for it to fall out, but he must have swallowed the glass tip immediately because it was gone...