misaelc01":3pi830cc said:I massaged her belly and I felt HARD lumps. She hasn’t passed anything and she is still pretty active. She drank water and the prune mixture twice today. It might be organs or maybe even eggs. I don’t know how that works. I’m kinda frantic
Drache613":2spt4u1v said:Hello,
If she is still having some issues, it would be best to get her to a vet, if she is straining &
hasn't been able to clear out any possible impaction.
Try the bath with the massages that can help sometimes, to break up impactions. That
may have been what you were feeling, but not sure. If the supplements & extra fluids are
not helping her pass anything then it is something serious. I hope that she hasn't had an
egg burst internally.
As suggested, either an ultra sound or x-rays could help determine whether or not she has
eggs. Are you going to be able to get her into a vets?
Let us know how she is doing.
Tracie
EllenD":dv6x2797 said:The baths need to be warmer than an average bath, but not hot. So warmer than room temperature or warmer than "luke warm", as it's the heat from the water around the vent that stimulates them to go.
Again, I highly suggest at this point that you need to add a source of fiber, as the water and prune baby food isn't doing it. Either raw, canned pumpkin, or a couple pinches of Psyllium Husk, which is the pure, natural fiber that is in Metamucil and Citracel. You can buy it in a bottle of capsules at Walmart as well. But the canned pumpkin is much easier, usually they like the taste, and I've never not had it produce a bowel movement within 24 hours. It's getting to the point here that you need to take a further step to help her. A Certified Reptile Vet or an experienced Reptile Specialist will help, however, if all you can find is an "exotics" vet that is willing to see reptiles, they can actually make it much much worse, either by prescribing an antibiotic for no reason at all (they do this often because they don't know what they should be doing), or even worse they'll suggest that they do an enema, which has actually drowned Dragons more often than not, and it's something that I would never allow a vet to do. The only thing an exotics vet can do to at least give you an answer would be an x-ray (would show some impactions, obstructions, and already shelled eggs), or better yet an ultrasound, which would show follicles and pretty much any other type of obstruction.
Try this: When you have her in the bath next, looking down on her back, put your right hand/fingers under the right side of her stomach. This is the side that her GI Tract/Intestines is on. Starting up under her armpit, use your index finger to gently rub in circles under her right armpit, and then work your way down the right side of her stomach. You should feel fecal matter in her intestines when you get to mid-stomach on the right side, and just keep rubbing in small, firm circles the entire way down her right side, and when you get near her hip/pelvis, move inward towards the middle of her abdomen, and then down to her vent. If you feel any hard masses (round lumps) in her GI Tract then that may be the impaction. It's normal to feel all of the fecal matter, it will feel hard, but it will be consistent the entire way down her right side, this is normal. Just keep doing this in very warm water, warmer than room temperature (I'd say in the 90-95 degree range), and while you're doing this and while she's laying with her vent submerged in the warm water, do rub over her vent with your finger while she's in the warm water, this usually will stimulate them to go.
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