reptarzilla
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My beardie is severely dehydrated, and I am completely blaming myself. The temperature was far too high in my room (it's been a HOT summer), and I wasn't soaking him as regularly as I used to (maybe once a month up until recently). His eyes look sunken in, skin on his back sides is wrinkled, he refuses to eat veggies or worms, and he hasn't pooped at all lately. I've been soaking him daily for the past 6 days, and just added pedialyte to his bath as of today. For the first three soaks, he drank a ton of water. So much, that he gagged a little the first two days. Today, he did poop (if you could call it that) while soaking. It looked almost like a piece of cooked egg white when submerged in water. I have a picture but I'm not sure how to add it to my post.
I have stopped using his basking light and have bought him a new UVB light, per the recommendation of an expert at my local reptile store. I know I definitely could have prevented this, and I feel terrible. I've had a rough summer and my care for Reptar wavered... I wasn't as attentive as I used to be. Many months ago he became constipated, but he still ate so I didn't think much of it. It was about two weeks ago that I began to worry, since he lost all interest in his food. I want to take him to the vet, but I lost my job in June and can barely make rent. I'm terrified he isn't going to make it. I raised Reptar since he was the size of my finger and I just can't stand to see him like this. He is nearly 3 years old now.
I was told to soak him in the pedialyte/water mixture overnight, but the water got so cold (and he got so cold), that I couldn't stand to leave him in there (side note: I'm not really sure of his gender. I tried researching it online but still couldn't figure it out). He turned very dark so i put him under a basking light to warm him up. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading.
I have stopped using his basking light and have bought him a new UVB light, per the recommendation of an expert at my local reptile store. I know I definitely could have prevented this, and I feel terrible. I've had a rough summer and my care for Reptar wavered... I wasn't as attentive as I used to be. Many months ago he became constipated, but he still ate so I didn't think much of it. It was about two weeks ago that I began to worry, since he lost all interest in his food. I want to take him to the vet, but I lost my job in June and can barely make rent. I'm terrified he isn't going to make it. I raised Reptar since he was the size of my finger and I just can't stand to see him like this. He is nearly 3 years old now.
I was told to soak him in the pedialyte/water mixture overnight, but the water got so cold (and he got so cold), that I couldn't stand to leave him in there (side note: I'm not really sure of his gender. I tried researching it online but still couldn't figure it out). He turned very dark so i put him under a basking light to warm him up. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading.
