loveaemily
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I just want to know if there was something I could have done for her to help prevent my other dragons from suffering the same fate.
First, I have now have 3 females and one male beardy. My fourth female(Jaws) died this afternoon. ALL DRAGONS ARE HOUSE ALONE. The most important part of this forum is that I figure out if she has anything that could be or has been transmitted to my other dragons.
Setup:
- insulated wood terrarium with glass front panel.
UVB: Reptisun 10.0 tube (replaced in March) Is in cage/ nothing blocking it. Within manufactures range to the floor (I believe it around 12 inches?)
Basking: 100w zoomed (basking spot usually get to about 95-100)
- coolside 80-85
- overhead ceramic heater that turns on if it drops below 65 at night
Substrate: Tile
Furniture: sling in back corner, ramp, and a branch
We use calcium powder on all food (rep-cal) & the rep cal multivitamin (once a week)
Diet: Dubias (dubias bred at home, colony started from Dubia Delly), wax worms, super worms, horn worms, mustard green, and assorted fruits.
Jaws was born in July 2013 and came from Blood Bank Dragons
--Weights--
December: 674 (thought she was gonna lay another clutch!)
April 16- 604
May 13- 585
May 29: 563 (this is a healthy weight for her)
July 15: 475 * stopped eating in June
--eggs--- (first clutch, never laid a 2nd she usually lays a second in July or August)
June 8: laid 1 egg
June 11: laid eggs
*was bread last year and had NO issues easy 2 clutches laid no issues, was NOT bread this year but laid infertile clutches like she does every year
Jaws was very over weight so she was being fed more greens and a few dubia a week. She rarely ate the greens and held out for her bugs.She was good eater, stopped eating before she laid eggs and then resumed after she laid them.
But after she laid her eggs in June she did not want to eat like normal. She was passing stool so impaction was not on my radar. This week she appeared very bloated (with air, she floated in her bath.) It did feel like she had something are in upper right quadrant, just below her chest bone. But I couldn't palpate any eggs. She was eating Horn worms and few wax worms but had no interest in other food.
I was feeding her abou 3-6 ML of critical care every other day for the last week. I did not want to put the full recommended dose in her with how bloated she felt. But she has pooped everyday when she is soaked. She had a good/average sized stool on the 15th. After this good poop I thought she headed in the right direction but instead she took a turn for the worst.
- she has not been lethargic except for the last 24 (ish) hrs
- very boney as expected without eating (spine, hips, and indents in head)
- has had normal stools, just small as she was not eating much (no blood or anything)
- seemed strong, was responsive and alert before the 16th
Jaws was always the best eater and healthiest of my dragons she never had to be on critical care because she stopped eating she is usually a bottomless pit.
She had a dark beard the last few days and today had a full black beard and hardly moved. I knew when I saw her this morning that we were there.I didn't not think she would make it through the day. I picked her up this afternoon and held her as she took her last few breaths. My mother thought she was breathing but I couldn't hear a heart beat with my stethoscope (its a nice one I'm training to be a vet teach and I can hear the other dragons hearts)
Adneo is on my radar as a possible cause ( all my beardies are being tested for it), BBD is known to have it in there colonies. I wanted to take her to the vet but when I saw the stat she was in the last 48 hrs I knew it was too late and that she deserved to die in peace at home in my arms.
- Jaws 2013-2017 -
First, I have now have 3 females and one male beardy. My fourth female(Jaws) died this afternoon. ALL DRAGONS ARE HOUSE ALONE. The most important part of this forum is that I figure out if she has anything that could be or has been transmitted to my other dragons.
Setup:
- insulated wood terrarium with glass front panel.
UVB: Reptisun 10.0 tube (replaced in March) Is in cage/ nothing blocking it. Within manufactures range to the floor (I believe it around 12 inches?)
Basking: 100w zoomed (basking spot usually get to about 95-100)
- coolside 80-85
- overhead ceramic heater that turns on if it drops below 65 at night
Substrate: Tile
Furniture: sling in back corner, ramp, and a branch
We use calcium powder on all food (rep-cal) & the rep cal multivitamin (once a week)
Diet: Dubias (dubias bred at home, colony started from Dubia Delly), wax worms, super worms, horn worms, mustard green, and assorted fruits.
Jaws was born in July 2013 and came from Blood Bank Dragons
--Weights--
December: 674 (thought she was gonna lay another clutch!)
April 16- 604
May 13- 585
May 29: 563 (this is a healthy weight for her)
July 15: 475 * stopped eating in June
--eggs--- (first clutch, never laid a 2nd she usually lays a second in July or August)
June 8: laid 1 egg
June 11: laid eggs
*was bread last year and had NO issues easy 2 clutches laid no issues, was NOT bread this year but laid infertile clutches like she does every year
Jaws was very over weight so she was being fed more greens and a few dubia a week. She rarely ate the greens and held out for her bugs.She was good eater, stopped eating before she laid eggs and then resumed after she laid them.
But after she laid her eggs in June she did not want to eat like normal. She was passing stool so impaction was not on my radar. This week she appeared very bloated (with air, she floated in her bath.) It did feel like she had something are in upper right quadrant, just below her chest bone. But I couldn't palpate any eggs. She was eating Horn worms and few wax worms but had no interest in other food.
I was feeding her abou 3-6 ML of critical care every other day for the last week. I did not want to put the full recommended dose in her with how bloated she felt. But she has pooped everyday when she is soaked. She had a good/average sized stool on the 15th. After this good poop I thought she headed in the right direction but instead she took a turn for the worst.
- she has not been lethargic except for the last 24 (ish) hrs
- very boney as expected without eating (spine, hips, and indents in head)
- has had normal stools, just small as she was not eating much (no blood or anything)
- seemed strong, was responsive and alert before the 16th
Jaws was always the best eater and healthiest of my dragons she never had to be on critical care because she stopped eating she is usually a bottomless pit.
She had a dark beard the last few days and today had a full black beard and hardly moved. I knew when I saw her this morning that we were there.I didn't not think she would make it through the day. I picked her up this afternoon and held her as she took her last few breaths. My mother thought she was breathing but I couldn't hear a heart beat with my stethoscope (its a nice one I'm training to be a vet teach and I can hear the other dragons hearts)
Adneo is on my radar as a possible cause ( all my beardies are being tested for it), BBD is known to have it in there colonies. I wanted to take her to the vet but when I saw the stat she was in the last 48 hrs I knew it was too late and that she deserved to die in peace at home in my arms.
- Jaws 2013-2017 -