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Wow. I'm so touched that you guys were all wondering where I was ...I actually moved on Friday, and things have been upside down since.
I'm just settling down now.
I have some good news.
The two stargazer's.
One passed away Thursday afternoon. While I was trying to make a judgement call, Heaven took the little one's life. Saved me the grief from doing it myself. I can actually honestly say I was greatful.
The other one you may ask.
Well. Friday morning, I woke up, and I couldn't even tell which one it was. It was literally a miracle.
She's all better (knock on wood).
No more weirdo head.
No more stargazer disease. I now have 5 perky and beautiful little babies in the baby tank.
I would like to thank EVERYONE for all of the support. I think we've all learned a bit about this, but I wish there was a way of finding out exactly was causes the frightening Stargazer Disease. What can I do to help this research? Who can I talk to? Who do I contact? Does anyone know?

Well, Here's a picture of my first little man, Jeeves. He's my baby, and always will be.
Even when I'm feeling so upset, just looking at him, or playing with him really brightens up my day.
He's such a clown, and has a personality of a little prince.
Thank you all again.

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Lindsay//
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lindsay@beardeddragons.ca

and you can settle back into a normal routine (if unpacking boxes for weeks is normal)

Sad you lost a little one in such a way, but I am also thankful that nature stepped in.

Keep doing what you were and supplementing, who knows, maybe in time whatever was causing it may resolve or start working.

Hopefully you can have nice bright days now

That's great Lindsay. I'm so glad you did not have to follow through with putting any down. I know I would have been extremely upset doing that. That is reallly great that one just snapped out of it. Like I said before I knew of a few babies who were like that for a few days come out of it fine. I was hoping honestly you were not giving up to soon. I'm happy for you.
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Mystical Dragons

But next time you are to report what is going on in your life to the whole forum so we don't have to wonder...lol
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TheClassyLizard

good to hear one little one feeling better, sorry you lost the other little one but certianly its better that mother nature took care of her. Glad your move went alright and that youll be back around
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reiko
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Hurrah for your little surviver. But yet sorry for you lose of the other little one. It truly seems your little surviver is a miracle baby. Best of luck.
Take care,
Karen

I'm so happy that the other one got better! I'm really sorry that you lost one, but at least nature took him and you didn't have to make the call, that would have been tough! I hope the little miracle baby makes a full recovery and enjoys a full and happy life. Christy

Glad to hear one of your poor little guys recovered from StarGazers. Movind can be such a pain too.

though I am not sure what you can do to contribute to the study of StarGazer's disease but one thing you can do, while the whole experience is fresh in your mind, is jolt down everything. All the details about the setup you had the babies in, what you fed them, how much of what type of food, cage temperatures etc...Everything you remember about the parents as well. Include everything you did to try and treat this disease and how each baby reacted to the treatments. Monitor the survivor closely (could even put him in his own separate cage to make it easier to keep track) to ensure it doesn't come back. All this information should be helpful for research.

In addition you can look around for any research on the care/treatment of dragons and other reptiles and provide them with your observations of your own dragons. Though these ones are not in a controlled environment which most scientific research is done, the details should be beneficial.

The body of the bearded dragon who didn't make it could also be beneficial. Keep it frozen and see if you can find a vet who would like the opportuntity to steady the remains to try and determine if Star gazers is a genetic disease or what causes it.

I think either of these two things will be benefical to better understand what causes StarGazers and future cures/immunizations.