Alright, so Sam's visit to the vet was quite quick! I'm happy to report as well that we may have figured out the main problem.
Here is a chart from Sammy's bloodwork: (right-click, view image, for higher resolution)
He happened to have a very low phosphorus level, which was caused by the lack of eating/his diet. This is expected with how he had stopped eating. His sodium intake was high as well, due to the fact that he was dehydrated. Something that surprised us though was that his calcium levels were actually high. I'm relieved to know it wasn't a deficiency of that after all.
The doctor handled Sammy very well, as he had before when we first went to Animal Alley, and Sam thankfully cooperated really well! I'm willing to bet it was those two days of that
UVB bulb increasing his mood and making him feel better. No x-ray was needed, as he said that everything felt completely normal and his levels were high.
As for Sam's odd behavior, he was willing to bet that the lower levels of phosphorus in his body, among the other imbalances he was having, were the likely culprit for it. He said it may have slightly affected him in his neurological functions which caused what we were seeing from him. It made sense, as after we set him up with the proper lighting he had shown improvements within the day.
The treatment that he prescribed was LRS (Lactated Ringer's solution), which we'll be injecting into his skin near right above his thigh. As always, the doctor was extremely descriptive and helpful when teaching us how to administer this to him. (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactated_Ringer's_solution)
Finally, he also recommended to feed him twice a day, using a mixture of baby food as the source. We have a blender specifically for Sam which we grind crickets and baby food in(We have had to feed him like this before).
In terms of brumation, the doctor told us to basically keep him fed, as he needs to stabilize. The only worry I had about that was the food possibly sitting in his stomach, but Sam surprised us yet
again by having another small bowel movement in the car! He was in his carrier of course, and thankfully we were two blocks away from home when he did.
So thank you, everyone, who happened to look at/post on this thread of mine. It's been a long, strange journey, and hopefully things are going to get back to normal for our baby boy very soon!
I'm going to update this thread with any other news/information we get on him, and as well as after the end of the year. (The doctor wished to take another blood test after a month or so of us fixing the little man up)
All in all, I'm relieved that this issue turned out to be something we can fix! I feel like the chain of stress have been freed, even at a pretty penny. The things we do for love! :lol: