Traumatized, possibly injured beardie

[YuiShishido]

So, my beardie’s cage is in my room and I have cats. Whenever I leave I shut my door. Well I got home after being gone for hours, moving into our new house, to find my door open. My little brother opened it and forgot to close it but basically, the mesh was broken into and my beardie was just laying on the floor of her cage. One of my cats broke it and did something. I picked her up and she moved very minimally, but let me handle and pet her. There were no injuries I could see, but her mouth seems a little off? She kept flicking her tongue like something was wrong. She’s moved around very little since then and just lays on her favorite spot. She’s normally a very active little thing.

This happened a few hours ago. I called a vet immediately and told them what happened, got an appointment scheduled for Tuesday (the earliest I could). They told me to just keep an eye on her until then, try feeding her later, make sure her light is all right, etc. told me she was probably just really traumatized. I

What makes matters worse is that I’m literally right in the middle of a move, so she’ll have to be stuck in a car for a while when we finally leave.

I haven’t tried feeding her yet—I will when we get t our house—but between this incident and the move, I’m betting she won’t eat... though I’ll still try.

Anyone have any advice for me until I can take her to the vet ):

 

[CooperDragon]

Poor girl. Cats are certainly a danger to them. I would check her over for small puncture wounds which may not be apparent, especially around her head. I'd try to get her to the vet as an emergency visit if possible but otherwise I would try to keep her warm and comfortable so she can rest and recover. Maybe set her up with a small, soft fleece blanket and keep the temps up a bit overnight (up to around 80ish) It's possible there is internal damage from being tossed around without any outwardly apparent wounds but it would require some diagnostics to find and may be difficult to treat. In the long term I would try and redo the mesh so that it's weighted down/reinforced to prevent further issues from the cat.

 

[kingofnobbys]

Cats again !!! ***t !!!

A mesh lid broken into - again !!! useless darned things ...

Poor thing. She will have been terrorized , this is why I advise never keep lizards and cats in the same home.

The puncture injury may be in her mouth, so it's very important a vet check her very thoroughly :
>>> inspection for obvious puncture wounds including in her mouth.
>>> xrays to look for fractures , internal bleeding
>>> ultrasounds

I'd get her to the vet - this is an emergency ! I wouldn't wait (to see how things pan out).

Also , get rid of the mesh lid, replace it with nice solid CAT PROOF & LOCKABLE plywood lid. A determined cat will not be deterred by any mesh lid , the cat can destroy the mesh if it really wants to get the lizard.

Now the cat knows there is a lizard in the room you are going to find it next to impossible to keep it out of the room and away from the dragon .