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Advice on possibly sick female water dragon . . .

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Posted by: Stella1609 at Wed Jun 16 21:11:53 2004   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Stella1609 ]  
   

Hi all,



I don't know if anyone will remember me, but I was on here for a while about three years ago when we first adopted a female dragon. She's been fine doing great since then, but about a week ago she started laying eggs. She's laid five so far (one every other day, then two days in a row, then two in the past 24 hours), and has only made an effort to bury one. We didn't know she was gravid until we saw eggs (she's not handled frequently; she prefers it that way although she is hand tame enough to be carried to the vet, etc.), so we haven't been giving her any special supplementation.



Her estimated age is about 4 1/2 years, though she may have been stunted when we got her and could be older. This is the first time we've ever seen eggs from her. She seemed fine for the first few days, but yesterday and today she has not been as active or as alert as usual, although she still jumps up if we touch her. I'm going to call our vet tomorrow, but I was hoping I might get some advice from some other dragon people about what to expect as far as treatment, and perhaps find out if there is anything I can do for her tonight. She doesn't have any history of medical problems except for snout damage typical of dragons kept in too small enclosures.



I'm attaching a recent picture of her for anyone who remembers us from before . TIA for any advice!



Laura
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