christineyellow
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My 6.5 year old beardie is really sick and for the first time since bringing him home in 2013, I'm truly at a loss for what to do. He started acting super lethargic with a constant black beard around Saturday, 4/25. Took him to the vet on Monday, 4/27. Blood work and an x-ray later, we found out that he has wacky white blood cell counts, hypoproteinemia (causing fluid to leak into his abdominal cavity), and what looks to be a mass in his gut. The vet thinks that the mass on the xray might be impaction (he hasn't had a good poop in maybe two weeks, just tiny little bits of poop/urate here and there) and that the hypoproteinemia and wacky white blood cell counts are due to an infection. The vet prescribed him metronidazole and ceftazidime for the infection and I'm currently syringe feeding him baby food with critical care and Pedialyte. What else can I do at this point to help move things along and encourage pooping? We've been giving him 10-15 min baths for the past 3 nights but he barely has the energy to hold himself up during his baths, much less try to poop.
He is so limp and so weak, my heart is breaking. Please help!!!!!!
He is so limp and so weak, my heart is breaking. Please help!!!!!!