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Not Gout - Anyone See This Before - Pic Heavy
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[QUOTE="bayoupig5, post: 1983140, member: 27248"] [USER=40059]@AHBD[/USER] [USER=8309]@Drache613[/USER] AHBD Yes the feathery outgrowth is what the vet is most concerned with. She does not seem to have too much trouble walking, although I have not witnessed much. She is usually where she wants to be by the time I get back home from work. I put her on her basking area in the morning and she is clear across her viv in her cave by the time I get home. Her weight is not only maintained, but she is a little more. At last weigh in she was 708 grams. So she is about 15 grams larger than August of 2021. I do not give her slurries in full brumation, I was only providing water mixed with vitamins. I have recently started slurry again since she is on Baytril, in which I make her bask for at least a couple hours. I had thought of finding a branch or something for her, the last viv had that (these vivs are pretty new). I should really try to find something, that is if her foot gets better. Drache613 There is some deterioration of the ankle joint and the distal end of that toe bone with the feathering. There is no other swelling anywhere else on this lizard at all. Uric crystals on the last blood test showed at zero. Vet #2 suspected osteomyelitis, not sure if this could be lumped in the same category as septic arthritis. I do not know what AZT is, so no, Littlefoot was not treated with this. Littlefoot was on long term Ceftazidime (I believe about 6 months). Her issue cleared up and so far she has had no relapse. I have typed out the last bloodwork numbers. This was in August 2021, and the most concerning numbers are the calcium/phosphorous ratios which were horribly wrong. Granted Akasha was not eating vegetables on her own, only ate bugs, and the vegetable she was getting was administered by slurry. I probably did not give her enough...so that was my fault for sure. However, calcium was given at least 4 times per week regardless, multi 1-2 times per week. Calcium bugs looked like powdered doughnuts after dusting. She was given live feeders 3 times per week, veg slurry 2-3 times per week which also had a large pinch of calcium in the mix. Fresh veg was offered daily at first until it all just dried out, never being touched. During the summer she also got plenty of natural UVB outside, so I really cannot fathom the vast imbalance (felt horrible). Blood Work - August 2021 Total Protein 71 Range 33-73 g/L Albumin 32 Range 15-37 g/L Globulin 39 Range 13-39 g/L Albumin/Globulin Ratio 0.82 AST (SGOT) 38 Range 12-107 U/L BUN 0.4 Range 0.4 - 1.4 mmol/L Phosphorous (scary) 13.95 Range 0.84 - 3.03 mmol/L Glucose <0.6 Range 7.1-16.3 mmol/L The low glucose can be best verified by submitting a fresh sample in a completely spun and separated SST, or a RTT with the serum removed and placed in separate tube. (so this result may not be accurate, I am guessing) Calcium (scary) 0.02 Range 1.7 - 5.68 mmol/L Sodium 174 Range 143-173 mmol/L Potassium 3.8 Range 2.6 - 6.1 mmol/L Chloride 140 Range 103-145 mmol/L CPK 1216 Range 17-3421 Uric Acid 0 Range 71-500 umol/L WCB Estimate 19.5 Range 2.8 14.6 Hematocrit 36 Range 23-39 RBC Morphology Normal Het/Poly 60 Absolute Het/Poly 11.7 Range 1.15-6.24 Lymphocytes 23 Absolute Lymphocytes 4.48 Range 0.36-8.17 Monocytes 5 Absolute Monocytes 0.97 Range 0.01-1.08 Eosinophils 2 Absolute Eosinophils 0.39 Range 0-0.36 Basophils 8 Absolute Basophils 1.5 Range 0.01-0.82 Azurophilic Monocytes 2 Absolute Azurophilic Monocytes 0.39 Range 0.01-1.54 Thrombocyte Estimate Adequate Addendum: Severe abnormalities in Cal/Phos ratio 0:1000 (I cannot for the life of me understand how this happened) Moderate leukocytosis, no concern for liver or kidney disease a this time, results consistent with MBD. If this is septic arthritis again, I really would like to know why this would have happened to not one but two of my lizards. Seems crazy, but strange tings tend to happen I guess. [/QUOTE]
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