Hello fellow bearded dragon lovers, I am need of some help.
Me and my girlfriend have a lovely little 18 month bearded dragon named Harry, we got him when he was about 4 months old, he had slight calcium defficiency when we took him for his first check up, we noticed that his front legs were a little limp so we got him straight to the vets. Since the vets he has plodded along at a nice pace, really big eater but always turns his nose up at veg and salad.
About 2 months ago me and my girlfriend noticed that he was not moving as much as he was, he continued this for the next few days and we also noticed that front legs had become very limp, to a point were he was using his elbows to shift forwards, but his backlegs are fine.I was worried that it could be impaction, but he was defecating regularly and his appetite was still good. We took him straight to the vets and embarassingly we found out that he was fat. We had blood tests done, x rays taken and his fat pads were about twice the size they should be, the vet was concerned with the damage that could be caused to the liver and gave him a shot of laurabolin, he also gave us baytril to administer because his globulin levels were very high, which would indicate infection. We mentioned the issue with the forearms and he looked closely at the x ray and said his bones were perfectly formed so no defficiency there...
We were told to put him on a vegetarian diet and although he hates it, he lost 8 grams in weight in a week, he has been fine and looks perky as ever. We went back to the vets and they said he looked great and happy, but when we raised the issue with the forearms, there was still no idea why the hell he cant move his forearms. We have another appointment in a week and a half, and they said that they may need to do further tests to find out what is wrong. Is there anybody that has had a similar problem? It really gets little Harry down, he is such a ray of light and we hate to see him get all upset when he cant move.
Ashley
Me and my girlfriend have a lovely little 18 month bearded dragon named Harry, we got him when he was about 4 months old, he had slight calcium defficiency when we took him for his first check up, we noticed that his front legs were a little limp so we got him straight to the vets. Since the vets he has plodded along at a nice pace, really big eater but always turns his nose up at veg and salad.
About 2 months ago me and my girlfriend noticed that he was not moving as much as he was, he continued this for the next few days and we also noticed that front legs had become very limp, to a point were he was using his elbows to shift forwards, but his backlegs are fine.I was worried that it could be impaction, but he was defecating regularly and his appetite was still good. We took him straight to the vets and embarassingly we found out that he was fat. We had blood tests done, x rays taken and his fat pads were about twice the size they should be, the vet was concerned with the damage that could be caused to the liver and gave him a shot of laurabolin, he also gave us baytril to administer because his globulin levels were very high, which would indicate infection. We mentioned the issue with the forearms and he looked closely at the x ray and said his bones were perfectly formed so no defficiency there...
We were told to put him on a vegetarian diet and although he hates it, he lost 8 grams in weight in a week, he has been fine and looks perky as ever. We went back to the vets and they said he looked great and happy, but when we raised the issue with the forearms, there was still no idea why the hell he cant move his forearms. We have another appointment in a week and a half, and they said that they may need to do further tests to find out what is wrong. Is there anybody that has had a similar problem? It really gets little Harry down, he is such a ray of light and we hate to see him get all upset when he cant move.
Ashley