Dhsquire
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My 8 month old girl has recently completely lost her appetite, become really lethargic, started camping out on the cool side of her enclosure, lost 10 grams, and has partially had her mouth open..this has gone on for about a week...
She weighs 306 grams, Her temps are spot on (100-110), she's housed (alone) in a 40g breeder, she has a 10.0 reptisun UVB tube light, eats lots of crickets and some greens (still picky), gets calcium 7 x a week and a multivitamin 1x a week.. I soak her just about every other night and I was using sanitized play sand for substrate..
I have been having to force feed her a mixture of chicken, butternut squash, apples, and green been baby food mixed with her supplements and carnivore care .. and have also been giving her a probiotic (NutribacDF) to try to help boost her appetite .. but nothing..
I was able to take her to my herp vet today, suspecting a respiratory infection since her mouth has been slightly open, she has also been making a few popping noises and wheezing a bit..which is odd since it usually never gets under 76 at night and is quite hot during the day..
she checked her out, said her lungs sound wonderful, she had no blockage of any kind, no overabundce of mucus, anything.. .so she did a mouth swab and found that Little Bit has a yeast infection.. which seemed odd to me, I've never heard of a bearded dragon getting a yeast infection in the mouth..
she said it could be causing her to have a sore throat and just be irritating in general, hence the loss of appetite....
she gave me an anti-fungal to treat her with, so hopefully it will start working soon, I also picked up some a/d canine/feline prescription food.. full of protien and fat, lots of vitamins ( it's designed for terminal animals who wont eat on their own) so I'm also feeding her that now..
I was looking into reptaid, since it's supposedly an anti-fungal, baytril-like, all purpous type herbal remedy for all sorts of ailments.. any thoughts on that?
is Bee pollen good for her respiratory tract?
All of this aside, I was wondering if there is anything else I should do for her? I've added an under tank heater on the cool side since she refuses to bask, and completely sanitized her enclosure again and now have her on newspaper.. all of her bowls, basking rocks etc have been thouroughly sanitized...
was this something that she could have gotten from her feeders? or a husbandry problem??
I'd appreciate any feedback. I would certainly like to avoid this happening again..
Lauren
She weighs 306 grams, Her temps are spot on (100-110), she's housed (alone) in a 40g breeder, she has a 10.0 reptisun UVB tube light, eats lots of crickets and some greens (still picky), gets calcium 7 x a week and a multivitamin 1x a week.. I soak her just about every other night and I was using sanitized play sand for substrate..
I have been having to force feed her a mixture of chicken, butternut squash, apples, and green been baby food mixed with her supplements and carnivore care .. and have also been giving her a probiotic (NutribacDF) to try to help boost her appetite .. but nothing..
I was able to take her to my herp vet today, suspecting a respiratory infection since her mouth has been slightly open, she has also been making a few popping noises and wheezing a bit..which is odd since it usually never gets under 76 at night and is quite hot during the day..
she checked her out, said her lungs sound wonderful, she had no blockage of any kind, no overabundce of mucus, anything.. .so she did a mouth swab and found that Little Bit has a yeast infection.. which seemed odd to me, I've never heard of a bearded dragon getting a yeast infection in the mouth..
she said it could be causing her to have a sore throat and just be irritating in general, hence the loss of appetite....
she gave me an anti-fungal to treat her with, so hopefully it will start working soon, I also picked up some a/d canine/feline prescription food.. full of protien and fat, lots of vitamins ( it's designed for terminal animals who wont eat on their own) so I'm also feeding her that now..
I was looking into reptaid, since it's supposedly an anti-fungal, baytril-like, all purpous type herbal remedy for all sorts of ailments.. any thoughts on that?
is Bee pollen good for her respiratory tract?
All of this aside, I was wondering if there is anything else I should do for her? I've added an under tank heater on the cool side since she refuses to bask, and completely sanitized her enclosure again and now have her on newspaper.. all of her bowls, basking rocks etc have been thouroughly sanitized...
was this something that she could have gotten from her feeders? or a husbandry problem??
I'd appreciate any feedback. I would certainly like to avoid this happening again..
Lauren