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| rustyp1974 |
Posted - 14/07/2014 : 14:44:13
Sadly we lost Ernie on Saturday afternoon. It all happened very quickly & came as quite a shock.
All was well until Friday afternoon when he suddenly lost the use of his back legs & tail. He had been feeding, pooing & peeing normally & his temps & humidity were spot on. At first I thought it was Metabolic Bone Disease but his legs were not curved & he was always given his Calcium & vitamins as normal. We got him to the vets on Saturday & she spent over an hour trying to find the problem. He had a small amount of blood seeping from his vent & we all thought he may have taken a fall & pulled himself back up with his front legs. X-rays revealed no broken bones & his bones looked strong & healthy. Unfortunately he was too small to take a blood sample & the vet thought the most likely cause was some kind of kidney infection or something parasitic. He was given a shot of antibiotics. I got him home & placed him in a smaller reptibreeze cage on a hammock of leaves closer to his UV & heat while I went to the pharmacy to collect the other medication. When I got back sadly he had gone.
As a precaution I have stripped out all of my snake & Beardie viv's/RUB's & F10'd everything to within & inch of its life just to be on the safe side.
RIP Ernie. |
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| Redware |
Posted - 22/07/2014 : 18:49:44
Sorry to hear this |
| Alves76 |
Posted - 19/07/2014 : 17:00:58
Sorry to hear of your loss. |
| Baobab |
Posted - 19/07/2014 : 12:02:04
Sorry for your loss rusty. |
| rustyp1974 |
Posted - 18/07/2014 : 21:39:14
Thanks guys.
We were giving gut loaded crickets & hoppers & they were dusted with a calcium & Vit D3 supplement two or three times a week along with a vitamin mineral supplement once a week. Haven't got the tub handy but think it contained beta carotene (spelling)!
My Gf is absolutely gutted we lost him as he was her pet really & cant help feeling guilty that we did something wrong. I'm sure we looked after him fine, everything was sound with his set up & feeding but they are fragile creatures. |
| boomslang |
Posted - 18/07/2014 : 17:49:01
Sorry to hear this :( were you giving him the right lvls of vitamins? Ie Once/twice a month? and what vits were you using?Could have been an infection or a fall/
It's sad :( as you've not had him that long. |
| Lotabob |
Posted - 14/07/2014 : 14:46:51
Sorry for your loss. |
