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PHLdyPayne
at Mon Oct 19 13:37:05 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PHLdyPayne ]
The poster said the dragon had only been missing 30 hours...so not likely it would take sick that fast. However if it was kept in a box with a basking light, it could have overheated.
As there is no way to know if it did eat something toxic...other than rushing it to a vet for testing or it dies from toxicity.
The sunken eyes is unusual, even a dragon in deep brumation doesn't have sunken eyes. I would get it back to normal temperatures then leave it alone to give him a day or two to recover from the stress of being outside and in cold temps. (though Australia does get alot colder than 50F at night during certain parts of the year, dragons would be in burrows or other shelters which may not get that cold inside. But they do better resisting sudden cold drops than they do high temperatures so shouldn't have to worry about damage from the cool nights).
What we don't know is the condition of the dragon before he was lost. How was his activity, weight etc before you let him run loose outside? A current picture (and recent past picture) would be beneficial too.
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RE: Sunken eyes and inactive, cold night - PHLdyPayne, Mon Oct 19 13:37:05 2009