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Senior beardie - Health/Egg problems (Xray & bloodwork)
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[QUOTE="cozydragon, post: 2031664, member: 118384"] The backstory on Bindi is I rescued her off Craigslist in 2018 from truly deplorable conditions. She had old fractures from MBD in her wrists and base of her tail that caused deformities. I thought she was a male but when she saw a vet it was confirmed she was female. From 2018 to now she has laid two infertile clutches with no real issues. She hasn't laid any in years. Up until now she has been healthy all things considering, always ate her salads great and bugs. For the past few months she has gone downhill. It started with being more lazy than usual, keep in mind she is 10 years old now (guesstimate) and didn't have good mobility to begin with. Suddenly she stopped wanting salad's which was a big red flag for her. It progressed into her being so lethargic she just sleeps under her hammock by the heat lamp in the corner most of the time. She gets super excited for bugs or repashy, but nothing else. She poops perfectly fine. Her water intake has gone way down, no more drinking in her bath. I syringe her water, she hates it at first, but then will calm down and drink. She has muscles tremors, most noticeable when she is upset. Her breathing is much deeper than it used to be, she gets winded very easily. She has fluid accumulation behind her front legs, like the armpit area, that comes and goes. She looks unhappy most days, just tired eyes. When I take her out she immediately wants to sleep. In July I took her to a reptile vet. She was worried about fatty liver disease due to being overweight and fed superworms quite often. She noted her mouth was a bit yellow. We got an xray done and found out she had an egg. It could not be palpated and seemed to be just one. The vet noted her uterus looked quite enlarged, mentioned reproductive cancer. We were hoping to get a look at her liver but it didn't show up good on the x-ray. I was basically told to give her lay box and return if it gets worse or she doesn't pass the egg. I started to put her in a lay box daily but she had no interest and would just want out right away. In August I ended up going to one of the best exotic vet's in the area for a second opinion. She hadn't gotten worse but wasn't any better, still no egg or even hint at wanting to lay. At first the vet was concerned for her heart, because she noticed fluid on her sides and in her beard. The outlook wasn't great. We got bloodwork done and fully expected the worst only to find out her bloodwork wasn't that bad? According to the vet the results were mildly high liver and cholesterol values with low calcium. I'm a bit confused though because looking at the bloodwork myself, her cholesterol doesn't show as high and her calcium doesn't say low? 🤷♀️ Some inflammation and infection markers were elevated (likely autoimmune/age related they said). They took another xray out of curiosity at no charge and said the egg was still there. She got a shot of B vitamins (at my request) and some sub q fluids. She also got some medicine to kill a parasite that was seen in her fecal but I sadly don't remember what kind. The treatment plan has been as follows: [LIST] [*]Milk Thistle - 0.04 cc once a day for two weeks, then every other day for 2 months [*]Liquid Calcium - 0.27 cc every 2 days for 2 weeks, then every 3 days until eating well and normal activity [*]Omnivore Critical Care - 3 to 5 cc a day [*]Keep offering lay box [/LIST] So I've been doing all that, she hasn't improved or got worse. The egg is just still there I guess? I've spent almost $1k between those two vets and feel like it has amounted to very little. I would get an ultrasound but cannot afford it at this point. I feel like any kind of surgery to remove the egg would not be a good idea either because she is 10 years old with poor mobility/health concerns. Plus I don't even know if she's actually egg bound, she shows no signs of wanting to lay. I'm just looking for some advice on where to go from here. I've debated about giving her a Vitamin B complex once a week, or even Serrapeptase. She's actually having a good day today, sitting under the heat lamp with her head up and some spark in her eyes. It's so lovely to see. Here is a picture of the old girl 💗 [ATTACH type="full" width="613px" alt="20230920_154251.jpg"]84106[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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