Thanks, everyone, for your interest. Here is what the doc said about her bloodwork, after calling the lab to consult about the results:
White count: normal
Liver and kidney function: normal
Uric acid: normal
Here's the kicker: Calcium level is very high-27 (The vet says to maintain her dose of calcium at 2 cc's)
According to the lab, the increased calcium indicates that her reproductive system is active. I forget the exact words he used. I asked if there was medicine to dissolve eggs, and he didn't know. We agreed that her little body could not handle the laying of eggs. I do not currently feel any eggs.
Soon after Cissy was diagnosed with MBD in January 2011, (when she was about 4-5 months old by my estimate), we started to treat as best we could. As we learned more, we made changes. The Reptisun 10 did not seem to help her. I started her on the Calci-blast, and later added serrapeptase. I switched her bulb to a Powersun 160. The Powersun is 12" from her floor, and yields a basking temp of 100-102. She gets a liquid multivitamin 3x per week.
Her very first x-ray showed that her bones were the size of dental floss, according to doc. 4-6 months later, the x-ray was so much better, and was looking normal. But she didn't act any different. Still had the mobility issues.
She has not had an appetite for live feeders for about a year. She underwent 4 rounds of meds for coccidia, and I was ignorant of probiotics. She has been on baby food pretty much since then, except for the odd superworm, dubia, or bite of greens. Rarely, she will gobble up a tummy full, when she does not get discouraged that she cannot get them in her mouth. She has always overshot her food by about 3/4 inch too high.
She currently has coccidia again, and entamoeba. The doc is trying to find the Ponzuril that Tracie suggested, but can only find it in large bottles costing $700. He will try to contact horse folks to see about getting a bit, but I'm wondering if I can find it in small doses online.
Over the past few months, Cissy has gotten as floppy as a rag doll. I try to exercise her as much as I can so the muscles don't atrophy. Even tried swimming, but she always tried to drown herself. When I would hold her in the water, she would not move. Her back legs twitch when I walk by, or when I rub her back. Sometimes they just twitch for no reason. She had pretty much reached a place where she wasn't getting any worse, and was handling her disability. Then her arms stopped minding her. She has been using her chin to move and has been flipping much more often. Then the vomiting.
The doc wonders if pheromones can trigger a female to lay eggs. We recently added 2 males to our family: Fred in Nov. 2011 and little Buster in Jan. 2012. She cannot see Fred, but she can see Buster. Buster is a slow grower. Cissy and Buster pay one another no mind. Buster waves at Fred whenever he sees him out. Fred does not pay attention to either of the others.
So my favorite vet and I are stumped. Why does she twitch when her calcium is so high? Is her body continuing to leach it out of her bones?
What are the symptoms of the "crypto?" disease?
Thanks for hanging in there and reading this.
Esther