A couple of months ago i posted a few frantic questions about my bearded's abscess and the process i went through to drain it. Long story short, the tissue around the abscess became necrotic and i was afraid that i would lose my 8 year companion.

This is just a note to let everyone know that she has recovered almost completely. I did not end up getting her to a vet (which i strongly urge people to do when issues such as this arise) because soon after everything went south with her, i lost my job.

I did end up doing hydro thearapy on her leg for about 3 days to remove the dead tissue. I also kept her tank extremely sterile, cleaned the wounds with diluted chlorahexadine and kept them very clean and dry. Her temps were upped on her hot end by 5-8 degrees, and i fed her an antibacterial food dust by jungle products for 3 weeks.

I was fortunate, because throughout the whole ordeal she continued to eat.
Now, she is almost back to her old self. I am fortunate that what i did for her was enough to keep her going. In no way am i trying to condone 'home cures'...this is just an update. If i had had the time and the money i would have been at the vet's office with her almost immediately.
I just wanted to thank those who offered up what advice they could in the situation that i was in. Indie and i both thank you!



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"Brains for dinner, brains for lunch. Brains for breakfast, brains for brunch. Brains for every single meal; why can't we have some GUTS?"-Misfits

1.0 ball python- Azazel
0.1 creamsicle corn- Pandora
0.1 motley ghost stripe corn- Raven
0.0.1 Yellow phase ATB- Devilin Hisseyes
0.4 leos- Boji, Sanjae, fae and Kodama
0.1 beardie- Indie
1.1 crested gecko- Jubeh and Inari
0.1 leucistic texas ratsnake-Ojo
1.0 whites tree frog- Sifaka
0.1 Transpecos ratsnake- Cleo
0.1 Senegal chameleon- Ambaji
1.0 Ruthven's X Thaeri king- Kemushi
0.1 pacific parrolet- Mishka
1.1 cats- Cairo and Oberon
1.0 crown tail betta- Lazarus
1.0 Husband (hes my favorite, but i dont let the 'kids' know that. )

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• Indie's leg: post update - riiotgrrl, Tue Mar 10 01:14:34 2009