onthefritz
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Kind of long but I don't know where else to turn.... A month ago I took in a rescue beardie (his story can be found on under the rescues forum under Hoggle The Rescue Beardie).
Hes been to the vet twice and put on two different antibiotics. I dont know what the first was but the second was 5 days of Baytril via injection once a day. His last shot was on Sunday afternoon. He has slowly lost his appetite over the last two weeks and now he will not eat at all. Could it be because the baytril is still in his system? Ive been told that can make them go off food.
In a normal healthy beardie, not eating or eating less over a 2 week span wouldn't be a big deal. However, this guy is emaciated form his previous owners. He was only 347g when I got him a month ago and now he is 327g He is a 19mo old male beardie who should be around 425-450g.
My vet has told me that he doesn't know what else to do for him and that the rest is really up to his will to fight. He did however say that he doesnt think we should give up on him yet. He thinks we should give him another 5-7 days to see if he'll start eating on his own again.
His color and skin condition looks much better after being on the Baytril. He's still active when I get him out and is drinking and pooping. His poop doesn seem runny (although its kind of hard to tell because he only poops in his bath). I have been mixing the Zilla Caloric supplement with some squash baby food to syringe feed him but he really doesn't want to eat it. I am waiting on my Carnivore Care to get here Saturday to start.
I've grown very attached to this little guy and will fight as long as he will. I just don't want him to suffer anymore if he is dying. He's been through so much already and I just want to provide him with love. Ive been upset about it all day. I can't imagine losing him now after he's come so far.
Does anybody have any advice or tricks that they can share to help me encourage him to eat?
Hes been to the vet twice and put on two different antibiotics. I dont know what the first was but the second was 5 days of Baytril via injection once a day. His last shot was on Sunday afternoon. He has slowly lost his appetite over the last two weeks and now he will not eat at all. Could it be because the baytril is still in his system? Ive been told that can make them go off food.
In a normal healthy beardie, not eating or eating less over a 2 week span wouldn't be a big deal. However, this guy is emaciated form his previous owners. He was only 347g when I got him a month ago and now he is 327g He is a 19mo old male beardie who should be around 425-450g.
My vet has told me that he doesn't know what else to do for him and that the rest is really up to his will to fight. He did however say that he doesnt think we should give up on him yet. He thinks we should give him another 5-7 days to see if he'll start eating on his own again.
His color and skin condition looks much better after being on the Baytril. He's still active when I get him out and is drinking and pooping. His poop doesn seem runny (although its kind of hard to tell because he only poops in his bath). I have been mixing the Zilla Caloric supplement with some squash baby food to syringe feed him but he really doesn't want to eat it. I am waiting on my Carnivore Care to get here Saturday to start.
I've grown very attached to this little guy and will fight as long as he will. I just don't want him to suffer anymore if he is dying. He's been through so much already and I just want to provide him with love. Ive been upset about it all day. I can't imagine losing him now after he's come so far.
Does anybody have any advice or tricks that they can share to help me encourage him to eat?