The Thread of the Mighty DIO, Speedwagon and Levi

So, I feel like i'm confident enough with DIO's care to retire my thread under health!
Many thanks to CooperDragon and AHBD for their help in that thread!

So here I will keep you updated on DIO's journey to becoming the future world monarch!

Think i'm joking?
Look at this:

The face of a sinister schemer!

 

[Toxinom]

The fragment pooper has struck again! I took a picture of her recent drop, but other than its size it looks perfectly normal.

Beware the fragment pooper!

 

[Toxinom]

Taking Levi and DIO to the vet today. DIO's poop has started to make me nervous. The last two times she has pooped it has pretty much been a normal sized urate with a tiny turd along with it. She has been very picky over her greens along the way and is still super-active and bright, so I'm going to ask for an X-Ray to see if she is impacted or anything. My main concern would be if she's picked up enough loose hair around our house to jam her belly.

Levi is going because his breathing has me concerned. At times he gapes without being under heat (and outside his tank) and frequently has very deep inhales/exhales. He also likes to go lay in his corner on the floor next to his tree rather than on it/under his lamp. (Of course because he is going to the vet today, he has spent all of it under his heat lamp on the tree)

Hopefully both cases are me being overly concerned, but if Levi is developing an RI, I want to nip it in the bud sooner than later.

 

[CooperDragon]

Poor guys. I hope they both come back with a clean bill of health.

 

[Toxinom]

One trip through frosty Hell later, Levi has been prescribed banana flavored antibiotics for lower respiratory infection (nothing serious, just a matter of nipping it in the bud) and DIO? Well, it seems DIO is going to be having her clutch of infertile eggs!

Tomorrow I'll probably get a box and dump some of the sand DIO's tank came with inside of it and give DIO time to try and dig around on a daily basis.

 

[Toxinom]

Well, I'll rephrase- I'll temporarily make a lay box with said supplies until I can get the materials for a proper laybox. At the moment I have a nasty fever, so everything I think/do is really hazy.

 

[CooperDragon]

Ah, that makes sense! Hopefully she'll lay the eggs easily and without incident. Be sure to provide her with calcium rich foods so she can replenish her calcium after putting the eggs together. I hope Levi bounces back quickly.

 

[beatrice222]

Hi it's been a while, How's the beardies? how was dio's clutch?

 

[Toxinom]

At the moment we're still sitting around and waiting. Before we found out she was gravid she was running along her walls and digging etc;, but ever since we prepped her a little laybox she hasn't given any sign! If we get into next week without her acting different I'll probably call the vet to see if we can schedule a new ultra sound.

 

[Toxinom]

DIO still has not laid her eggs- but everyday she's getting crazier and crazier. I've put a little box with sand in her tank, but she doesn't seem to like it. I was hoping it would be more comfortable for her than to pick her up and take her across the house to the laybox.

 

[Toxinom]

Still nothing new, but DIO is acting perfectly fine so far!

 

[CooperDragon]

Still no news on the eggs?

 

[Toxinom]

Nope- I think we're going on five weeks or so. I'm not sure if I should consider calling a vet appointment soon or not. I've been giving her baths to stay hydrated and there is no abnormal coloring in her urates. Her urates sometimes are hard however.

 

[CooperDragon]

It might be worth a checkup just to make sure everything is going properly. Not implying there is a problem. I just know that the problems that do arise tend to be quite serious so it may be best to have a checkup.

 

[Toxinom]

Blah. On Thursday I managed to schedule an appointment for Tuesday evening. DIO mostly is acting normal but has moments where shes pretty lethargic. Yesterday I went to give her a bath, at first she was so lazy she was letting most of her head go underwater for about 1/4th of a second, leading to me holding her head above water.She was pretty lazy, but then she brightened up and was super active. I'm guessing I just grabbed her when she was in a nappy mood and wound up waking her up. She's been relatively okay the last day or so but having read so many stories about Beardies being perfectly fine then suddenly deathly ill has me paranoid and nervous. According to my math we're actually on/passed seven weeks since she was to the vet and the ultrasound picked up the follicles.

She's a little fatty though and hasn't pooped after her 30+ minute bath. (Of course I didn't realize how constipated she was until after giving her a super-worm treat, so that's helping. >.>)
So im just nervous and identifying every little movement she makes as "Oh good god she's dying"
*sigh*

*Edit
Also as a note, she's still very active when it comes to climbing up my arms and body. I'm gentle when adjusting my hands, but she clings and climbs like her usual champion self!

 

[CooperDragon]

The anxiety comes with the territory. It's tough because they can't easily communicate with us. I wish I had advice on that front but I have the same problem =)