BeTheChange":33xu79j2 said:
What was wrong with him?
This may be long, haha XD
For months after his brumation cycle (which in the beginning, I thought it was associated with - was about the time I put playsand in there I do believe), his appetite declined and his stool occurrences began to also decline to... once a week, once every other week, once a month and then, he hadn't gone for nearly 4 months.
Well the wrong diagnosis began with "well, if he's not eating, then he wouldn't be pooping" and was prescribed an appetite stimulate and was sent on my way. No results. Next vet assumed he had some type of parasite because of his lack of appetite and therefore lack of stool (there was no stool to give, thus the assumption), so gave him a antiparasite injection series, etc etc. With no results, I sought one very last vet. (2 vets in total at that point and about 4 vet visits alone) There were also some other stuff that was given as injections but it has been so frequent and ongoing, I forget.
This is the vet I currently have, that would involve several visits naturally to figure out what exactly had occurred in conjunction with the initial sand impaction. A fecal was given finally (no parasites) and a blood test was done (they found results. he had high calcium levels unrelated to the issue, but no kidney damage was calculated from all the previous inaccurate medications and diagnoses- which is good!). These are the results:
Well first he had a systemic infection due to the sand perforating his gastrointestinal lining/gastrointestinal distress - that was also due to blockage. He had many shots for that. Afterward, he gave me some type of (I call it peptobismal (sp?). It was pink) esophagus/stomach lining/overall GI tract medication that I had to shove down his throat with a tube and syringe that worked in the same way that peptobismal (sp?) worked to line the tissue for ease with food swallowing and to calm down irritation of the GI tract caused by the sand. Another prescription of precautionary antibiotics were prescribed. I also had to give him 10mls of critical care several times a day, also with a syringe and small dose of appetite stimulate. While he did perk up, his overall energy level did not suffice and he still wouldn't eat on his own or going to the bathroom.
SO, Dr. Bouttete had done numerous research outside of the vet visits (by this time he was giving me money relief on the bills. I think that in between all of the trials, I had seen him 5-6 times?) and such and came to the assumption that because his GI tract had been so damaged (and to think he was only on that sand for a month and a half -thus the reason I am so against sand), that maybe, just maybe, it no longer produced vitamin B. If this diagnoses were correct, it would be his first patient that ever had the issue, as it rarely occurred in veterinary science in reptiles apparently. Aussie was put on a series of vitamin B complex shots (and something else... I forget) that were given every 2-3 days for a couple of weeks. Results were significant! and he began running around by week 1, basking, and occasionally eating on his own. Dr. Bouttete reminded me however that the overall healing process would takes months.
He has been to the vet 2 times thereafter for weight check ups and for the occasional stool sample and critical care - which i still give him once in a while.
His appetite is still poor to this day (though he NEVER passes up supers or crickets, haha), retains weight (significant amounts anyway. He is 19.5 inches long and weighs between 520-575 grams at times), occasionally basks and investigates, and he still only goes to the bathroom about once a month, but it is a lot better than what it once was (no appetite, refusal to move or bask, and going to the bathroom once every couple of months!).
At the moment, he is brumating. I hate winter...
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