My father has a tendency to purchase animals that he refuses to do research on, and when they get sick (they ALWAYS do...) he relies on me to find the answer. The problem is that i haven't been to his house in 3 years.

SO



Heres the story:



Years ago my little brother had a bearded dragon. Despite me telling them they needed a UVB bulb, they never got one and it died a painful MBD death.



A year and a half ago, they purchased a new one...despite my best efforts to dissuade them.



I just got an email from my dad with a picture of the bearded. She has what looks like an edeama on her lower eyelid, and its getting bigger. She apparently is growing another on her other eye and it is getting difficult for her to open them....They waited until now to tell me this.



So here are the facts that i got from my father:

1) my little brother has a w/c painted turtle....i told him that cross contamination is VERY easy to do between w/c and c/b animals. ALso i informed him that not washing hands between tanks...an aquatic turtle and a desert lizard spells all bad.



2) She is being kept on Alfalfa pellets. Knowing them, she is not kept clean, and i am sure mold has grown in there...added to the fact that loose crickets can ingest alfalfa...also bad. Fungal infection maybe?



3) she is being supplemented with reptical w/ D3 and a multivite 3x a week...way too much for an adult. AND she's not getting veggies....mostly superworms and freeze dried crix..((shudder))



4) her UVB strip hasn't been changed in a year and a half.



This is all really quite bad...and i told him this, despite my telling them once before NOT to get a bearded. When they did, i made them get the correct tank and set up (uv, cage carpet, etc)...BUT...some people dont listen.

and then i get the call.



I let him know that if he doesnt get her to a vet SOON that she is going to die..the infection (or parasite??) is in her eyelids....too close to the brain...



Thats all the information i have. Any ideas that anyone else has would be appreciated....i hate to see them kill another bearded. Some people never ever learn....
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