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Beardie ER
Vet wants me to consider putting down
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[QUOTE="Drache613, post: 2029405, member: 8309"] Hello Brandon, How is little Zilla doing? I am wondering if perhaps she has a parathyroid issue causing irregular release of calcium? It honestly doesn't make sense that she would have high calcium levels after this long. Are they doing an ionized calcium reading? The blood serum level isn't always indicative of the overall levels of calcium. If the body is leaching calcium from the bones, to maintain homeostasis or a good calcium levels, that can cause higher readings. The ionized calcium test will determine the stored D3 levels aka 25 Hydroxy levels. I certainly hope she hasn't developed metabolic bone disease at this point! Keep trying to get her to swim & exercise in her bath if you possibly can. Have they mentioned that the bones look ok in density? Keep her lighting cycle the same. If you get her outdoors in the sun, that is fine as well but you can also keep her under her UVB lights also. Both should equally help, really. She needs it dark to sleep so definitely don't leave lights on while she sleeps. Continue with the critical care, for nutrition right now. Let us know how she is doing. Tracie [/QUOTE]
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