I used to do a lot of recue work, mostly savs and niles (for monitors anyway, green iguannas and burmese were most frequent) any way I got lots of savs especialy that were badly dehydrated and had kidney damage. One of the primary causes of death was kidney failure, even in animals that seemed to be healthy/ recovered. The vet I worked with, one of the few who actually specializes in herps, told me that kidney damage in herps is permanent and cumulative. He said it was especialy problematics in imported lizards that spend most of their ealy captivity and transportation time in poor conditions, often with out food, water or heat and each time they get dehydrated or have any other kidney problem after it just adds up. I used to have about a 60% success rate saving the stuff that came to me. Pretty god when you consider a lot of iy was written off as dead by pet stores. Check your husbandry, improve conditions and do what you can, but you have to accept that an animal that suffered a heavy parasite load for several years and has had kidney damage will probably have a significantly shortened life expectancy. If you want them to live longer, start with healthy animals, if you want to do rescue work, learn to accept the fact that some can;t be saved or, if the are saved, they may not live long lives. When we first started the rescue, my kids name every animal that came in and get really upset when one died, after a while they stopped naming them until they had been around at least a year. just something to think about

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