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Re: A sad day indeed
Originally Posted by Alter-Echo
Thanks everyone, it's nice to be able to talk to others who understand how much a reptile can mean to someone. Most of the people I know and work with don't understand... They are fur baby lovers, and don't think reptiles are on the same level.
@ sauzo: damn... that beardie almost looks like she's getting annoyed waiting for her platter of deep fried dubias to arrive!
Delilah weighed in at 480g today, but she was once up to 620g. I had to stop feeding her as much and cut out superworms from her diet and provided a bit less fruit and more greens... I'm hoping the short period of time she was at that weight wasn't the cause of this.
Haha, she loves her butter worms and hornworms. Actually she loves any bug really be it silkworms, butterworms, hornworms, dubias, superworms or phoenix worms lol. She also loves fruit like mango, cantaloupe and blueberries.
I doubt the weight had anything to do with fluid in her lungs. Being overweight has the same effect as people so i was told. Harley gets winded pretty fast and has to take breaks and and deep breathes of air as she is overweight and reptiles dont have diaphragms so they have to compress their ribs to breath. Well Harley being fat, she has the to work harder at expanding her ribs. Also they can get arthritis.
I've tried putting Harley on a diet but she is a diva and stubborn as it comes. She will only eat collard greens and butternut squash. She hates any other veggie and will just wait it out. The second she sees her worm tub, she flies off her hammock and just goes bonkers, pacing, climbing the glass, jumping around. Then she has to take a breather as she gets out of breath lol.
Harley has been fat since a baby. I spoiled her so much. Other than what i mentioned about her, she is fine. I mean in the wild, she would be eaten in a heartbeat though because of her fat little bottom lol.
Couple summers ago though, she leaped in the air about 7 inches and snagged a wasp out of the air and ate it. It flew in through the window and was bouncing off her UVB tube and she spotted it like a hawk and before i could find a paper to wrap up and swat it with, she ate it lol. I freaked out and called my vet and she told me just watch it to make sure it didnt sting her but otherwise, she should be fine as long as the wasp wasnt sprayed with anything. Harley spent the next 30 mins looking around in the air and her lights for another wasp lol.
Last edited by Sauzo; 05-13-2018 at 09:32 AM.
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I've had my veiled chameleon snatch the occasional wasp, the stings don't seem to stop him, he just chews faster. Lol
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Update: she hasn't gotten any worse, but I'm not sure she has gotten much better either. She ate well though, 7 blueberries and an untold legion of crickets, but still gurgles and gapes if she gets riled up. Took her antibiotics without issue though... just hope something helps, vet is gonna call tomorrow for an update and possible long term plan.
Last edited by Alter-Echo; 05-13-2018 at 10:27 PM.
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We're all pulling for her & thinking positive...that she has an appetite is a good thing.
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Re: A sad day indeed
Originally Posted by Bogertophis
We're all pulling for her & thinking positive...that she has an appetite is a good thing.
True, good appetite and very strong, was hard to hold her still for her injections yesterday, vet was surprised as most sick beardies are not nearly that strong. Her bones were also nice and bright on the x ray, showing that she is getting plenty of calcium and uvb. I guess the vet says she sees lots of beardies that have poor bone growth from poor husbandry... sad to think I am doing everything right and she's sick anyway.
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Update: came home from work to find that Delilah has been doing some serious greens and blueberry destruction. Gave her a bath and she drank and made a good looking urate. Took her antibiotic and seems perkier than yesterday.... also... and I'm almost afraid to even say this.... no gurgling... She seems to be breathing normally! Honestly, I don't want to let myself get excited, because I can't be sure exactly what medicine helped her or what she really has, but I'm wondering if she just has a respiratory infection?
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Wow, I sure HOPE that was a false alarm & misdiagnosis! Maybe she just wanted to see if you really cared?
Or maybe it was the collective good karma sent from this forum? What a difference a day makes?
Last edited by Bogertophis; 05-14-2018 at 06:56 PM.
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You know, it figures... just a few mins after writing my last post she starts to gurgle again.... ugh....
That being said, she still seems to be doing it less, and it's harder to stress her into doing it apparently, so I'll take that as a minor improvement I guess.
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Sorry to hear the gurgling started up again. Sounds like progress though!!!
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