Sriley
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There seems to be a lot going on with our little guy and I don’t know what to do. He is almost a year old and everything had been going great until about two weeks ago. We started noticing his apatite was off. He has always been a very very big eater. Worms and greens and carrots. Then we noticed almost over night a bump on his head. Left side towards the back of his head. He also became very lethargic. He used to run around our living room for 3 or 4 hours a day and jump off our couch chasing our two huskies. Now he moves from time to time and becomes a bit more alert here and there but he won’t eat and doesn’t drink unless we force him to even then he fights us. To make matters worse we took him to a vet that says they care for reptiles. They had no idea what was wrong and wanted to do a bunch of tests. Unfortunately it cost more then we could afford to do all of the tests.
We opted to test what was in the bump. They told us they could not hear blood swirling through it so that was a good sign so they took a sample to be tested. Almost two weeks and still no results. I have called them multiple times.
We left the vet with a prescription for Enroflexcin (antibiotic) and Tramadal (pain killer) and a food Supplement. They had also given him his first dose. We got home and he seemed worse but we thought maybe it’s just the meds. The following day my wife gave him the antibiotic and some food but no pain meds. Each day he seemed to get worse. On the 3rd day and after lots of reading and researching on the internet I realized she had been giving him the wrong dosage of the antibiotics. Prescribed .05 and was giving the poor little guy .5.
We stopped the meds and have not given him any antibiotics since, so 8-9 days I believe but he doesn’t seem to be getting better. He has more moments where he perks up but he is loosing a lot of weight and just doesn't look good. His left eye stays closed most of the time but not always.
I am afraid of doing the wrong thing but have tried to improve on his care.
Any advice would be great.
Also should we give him Probiotics?
How long does the antibiotics take to get out of his system? I tried the vet they said they won’t give medical advice over the phone
He is roughly 10 months old.
16” long
Tank is 48” across x 15” deep and 17” tall
Brand new Reptisun 10.0 UVB T8. The previous UVB light probably had stopped working for a few months ago but he got daily sunlight in our window
Eco terra 60 W ceramic heat emitter for at night. We had been using a red light but found it it was not good for him. Usually by morning the tank is still at 80 degrees but it had dropped to low 70’s a few times
Zoo med basking bulb. 8-10” above his rock. We try to keep his basking rock between 100-105
Substrate is Thrive reversible habitat carpet
Humidity is usually between 25-35 but has gone up to 50 a few times but not for very long.
Digital temp gauge that sits on his basking bulb and a temp and humidity gauge all in one in the middle of the tank
He was eating between 8-10 good sized worms every day plus some greens and carrots.
He has pooped 2 times since all this started. The last time it was not runny it looked healthy brown with some white and some pee at the end. It’s been 3 days now since his last poop but he isn’t eating hardly anything
We were probably not very consistent with his lighting and temp/humidity levels but he was always fine until literally over night things went bad. We have since gotten more consistent with his lighting
Oh last thing. His name is Mushu.
I am attaching pics of him showing the bump and of his enclosure.
We opted to test what was in the bump. They told us they could not hear blood swirling through it so that was a good sign so they took a sample to be tested. Almost two weeks and still no results. I have called them multiple times.
We left the vet with a prescription for Enroflexcin (antibiotic) and Tramadal (pain killer) and a food Supplement. They had also given him his first dose. We got home and he seemed worse but we thought maybe it’s just the meds. The following day my wife gave him the antibiotic and some food but no pain meds. Each day he seemed to get worse. On the 3rd day and after lots of reading and researching on the internet I realized she had been giving him the wrong dosage of the antibiotics. Prescribed .05 and was giving the poor little guy .5.
We stopped the meds and have not given him any antibiotics since, so 8-9 days I believe but he doesn’t seem to be getting better. He has more moments where he perks up but he is loosing a lot of weight and just doesn't look good. His left eye stays closed most of the time but not always.
I am afraid of doing the wrong thing but have tried to improve on his care.
Any advice would be great.
Also should we give him Probiotics?
How long does the antibiotics take to get out of his system? I tried the vet they said they won’t give medical advice over the phone
He is roughly 10 months old.
16” long
Tank is 48” across x 15” deep and 17” tall
Brand new Reptisun 10.0 UVB T8. The previous UVB light probably had stopped working for a few months ago but he got daily sunlight in our window
Eco terra 60 W ceramic heat emitter for at night. We had been using a red light but found it it was not good for him. Usually by morning the tank is still at 80 degrees but it had dropped to low 70’s a few times
Zoo med basking bulb. 8-10” above his rock. We try to keep his basking rock between 100-105
Substrate is Thrive reversible habitat carpet
Humidity is usually between 25-35 but has gone up to 50 a few times but not for very long.
Digital temp gauge that sits on his basking bulb and a temp and humidity gauge all in one in the middle of the tank
He was eating between 8-10 good sized worms every day plus some greens and carrots.
He has pooped 2 times since all this started. The last time it was not runny it looked healthy brown with some white and some pee at the end. It’s been 3 days now since his last poop but he isn’t eating hardly anything
We were probably not very consistent with his lighting and temp/humidity levels but he was always fine until literally over night things went bad. We have since gotten more consistent with his lighting
Oh last thing. His name is Mushu.
I am attaching pics of him showing the bump and of his enclosure.
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