cmh3988
Hatchling Member
Has anyone ever had this diagnosed in a beardie? About a month ago we took in an adult male about 4 years old. He had an obvious RI when he came home to us. We took him to the vet and got meds for that and then got a fecal in and he had protozoan parasites. Needless to say, with all the meds he wasn't eating well. He's about 17" long and was 605 grams when he first came to us.
He's lost about 25 grams in a month, but he's interested in food again. So he tries to eat, both greens and superworms and we notice his aim is all of and there's this popping noise occasionally in his jaw. We took him into the vet today and showed him the vid of the unsuccessful aim in eating with the popping noise and he said it was likely TMJ, possibly caused by the RI infecting his jaw. He did x-rays (and nothing was out of place). We got pain meds for him and if those don't help the vet said next step was sedating him to do a deep oral exam with more xrays (which would be impossible if not sedated).
Any advice much appreciated! Below is Spike. He's our 4th beardie. We had two that passed from cancer and even though we've only had him a month we already love him to death and just want him to be ok. Especially after all these initial issues! Just curious if anyone else had experienced this. Didn't see anything on Google or after a quick search in here.
He's lost about 25 grams in a month, but he's interested in food again. So he tries to eat, both greens and superworms and we notice his aim is all of and there's this popping noise occasionally in his jaw. We took him into the vet today and showed him the vid of the unsuccessful aim in eating with the popping noise and he said it was likely TMJ, possibly caused by the RI infecting his jaw. He did x-rays (and nothing was out of place). We got pain meds for him and if those don't help the vet said next step was sedating him to do a deep oral exam with more xrays (which would be impossible if not sedated).
Any advice much appreciated! Below is Spike. He's our 4th beardie. We had two that passed from cancer and even though we've only had him a month we already love him to death and just want him to be ok. Especially after all these initial issues! Just curious if anyone else had experienced this. Didn't see anything on Google or after a quick search in here.