As you can mo doubt surmise from the title, we had to day goodbye to our precious little girl last night. We are both pretty much in a state of shock right now. So far we have no answers, but the test results from the blood work should be back today. I'm hoping they can provide answers.
We have had Ruby to the vet multiple time lately. She had started having trouble pooping, and her vent had swollen up. We were told she had a slightly elevated pin worm count but nothing very serious. I jad dropped off a fecal sample a coulpe days before her first visit, that was before the swelling started. He looked at her and told me it was inflammation from the pinworms and would clear up with the antibiotic and a little time. Over the course of several visits he kept insisting the same thing. I called another vet a bit later but it was 5 or 6 weeks out to get her in. She had started bleeding from her vent when she would poop, but I was told that would clear up with the treatment and time also. At this point I was really becoming very agitated.
I started treating her vent with raw honey a few weeks ago. Almost over night the swelling started going down, in 4 or 5 days the bleeding had nearly completely stopped. Ruby was eating better than she had since she laid the last clutch a gew months ago, she was more energetic, brighter, and seemed to like her new habitat better. She was so much more active than she had been in the larger habitat. Everytime she saw us she was at the glass begging to get out. All in all I thought she was well on her way to neing healthy again. (As healthy as a disabled beardie with mbd can be at least). Two night ago at bed time she was perfectly normal. She was digging my chest to make her nest, had birh little front legs thrown back. Then decided to snuggle Zsa Zsa so she started pestering her till she got comfy. Then she decided to get under my chin, so she worked her way there and dug my neck till she made her nest. Just another night of Ruby being Ruby. Yesterday morning at lights on she pooped. Within minutes she started black bearding (slightly, not full on black) but for Ruby even slightly is very off, she never black beards. She seemed very sleepy still. I got her out and she was really low energy. I started calling every vet that would answer. There is a couple emergency animal hospitals here, but i was told that they just wing itcwith reptiles so that's not happening.
One of those gave me the number for another that has reptile vets and will handle emergencies. We took her straight in. At mid day we call an update that she eas doing better, had eaten for them, had perked up and was generally ok. The plan haf been from the stary for them to keep her a few days for monitoring and testing so we were to get updates along the way. In the afternoon we got a 2nd update that all was well, and they thought she was going to be just fine. In the evening they called and said she crashed and we needed to come say goodbye to her. For the life of me I cannot wrap my head around loosingvher like this. It make no sense to me. The vet at Park animal hospital pretty much refused to do blood work, I asked repeatedly, he kept saying they had to sedate her to do it and he wasn't willing to do that. I can't shake the feeling that he let her down. It's been a couple months or more since I took her in originally. I'm so hurt but so much more angry I just can't get my head right. All I know for sure is nothing here is going to be the same without her. Ruby brought so much joy to our home, and now she is gone.
I feel lost, and Christina is a basket case. She is ocd and she greaves harder than people who aren't. I guess anyone that is ocd probably does. It makes the situation here much more traumatic, I'm hurting for her almost as much as for Ruby.
These were taken over the last week or so. The last one was 2 days ago. Right till the very end she was always so happy. The world is a little less good now I think.
We have had Ruby to the vet multiple time lately. She had started having trouble pooping, and her vent had swollen up. We were told she had a slightly elevated pin worm count but nothing very serious. I jad dropped off a fecal sample a coulpe days before her first visit, that was before the swelling started. He looked at her and told me it was inflammation from the pinworms and would clear up with the antibiotic and a little time. Over the course of several visits he kept insisting the same thing. I called another vet a bit later but it was 5 or 6 weeks out to get her in. She had started bleeding from her vent when she would poop, but I was told that would clear up with the treatment and time also. At this point I was really becoming very agitated.
I started treating her vent with raw honey a few weeks ago. Almost over night the swelling started going down, in 4 or 5 days the bleeding had nearly completely stopped. Ruby was eating better than she had since she laid the last clutch a gew months ago, she was more energetic, brighter, and seemed to like her new habitat better. She was so much more active than she had been in the larger habitat. Everytime she saw us she was at the glass begging to get out. All in all I thought she was well on her way to neing healthy again. (As healthy as a disabled beardie with mbd can be at least). Two night ago at bed time she was perfectly normal. She was digging my chest to make her nest, had birh little front legs thrown back. Then decided to snuggle Zsa Zsa so she started pestering her till she got comfy. Then she decided to get under my chin, so she worked her way there and dug my neck till she made her nest. Just another night of Ruby being Ruby. Yesterday morning at lights on she pooped. Within minutes she started black bearding (slightly, not full on black) but for Ruby even slightly is very off, she never black beards. She seemed very sleepy still. I got her out and she was really low energy. I started calling every vet that would answer. There is a couple emergency animal hospitals here, but i was told that they just wing itcwith reptiles so that's not happening.
One of those gave me the number for another that has reptile vets and will handle emergencies. We took her straight in. At mid day we call an update that she eas doing better, had eaten for them, had perked up and was generally ok. The plan haf been from the stary for them to keep her a few days for monitoring and testing so we were to get updates along the way. In the afternoon we got a 2nd update that all was well, and they thought she was going to be just fine. In the evening they called and said she crashed and we needed to come say goodbye to her. For the life of me I cannot wrap my head around loosingvher like this. It make no sense to me. The vet at Park animal hospital pretty much refused to do blood work, I asked repeatedly, he kept saying they had to sedate her to do it and he wasn't willing to do that. I can't shake the feeling that he let her down. It's been a couple months or more since I took her in originally. I'm so hurt but so much more angry I just can't get my head right. All I know for sure is nothing here is going to be the same without her. Ruby brought so much joy to our home, and now she is gone.
I feel lost, and Christina is a basket case. She is ocd and she greaves harder than people who aren't. I guess anyone that is ocd probably does. It makes the situation here much more traumatic, I'm hurting for her almost as much as for Ruby.
These were taken over the last week or so. The last one was 2 days ago. Right till the very end she was always so happy. The world is a little less good now I think.
in the middle of a desert somewhere could touch so many people, but it's the epitome of who Ruby was. After being graced with three years with her, I'm not really surprised. I'd just shrug and say well that's just Ruby being Ruby. (Now I'm teared up to lol 
