I had no idea, this was the closest vet and most reviews said the herp vet was good. The antibacterial is in case he has a bacterial infection, that's why the blood test was ordered, but it goes to an off site lab so they weren't able to get immediate results. The X-ray was to see if his lung was deformed or if it was filled with fluid. I've also seen some replies talking about IBD. I realize its pretty rare, especially since (to my knowledge) he hasn't had contact with anything that could transfer it to him. The only reason the vet is even looking into it is because he'd asked me if there were any other "off" things with A that I remembered he'd attempted to eat once and missed the mouse, he seemed sluggish. That's when he gave up and went off his food, I didn't even think about it because he's done it before when disinterested and then come back to it later. In addition every now and then he sleeps with his head tilted up, he's done that a bit more frequently. I thought that might be part of the possible RI (fluid), apparently its a possible symptom of IBD though too. I don't think its IBD, I don't know how he could acquire it after 2 years with no other reptile contact but they're checking just in case with the blood tests. Thank y'all for all your support.
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