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update on dehydrated/emaciated beardie..questions

dravenxavier Sep 05, 2003 07:55 AM

Well, she (he?) is getting a little better. It's now crawling around more and is putting on a little weight. Now for the more serious problems. She must be assissted when she eats. Her tongue looks like it MIGHT be swollen...I'm not really sure. She also seems uncoordinated. She'll go for a waxworm, but just can't pick it up in her mouth. Could this just be that she's not recovered enough to get it, or a more serious problem? Also, her bones are rubber. The sides of her jaw can touch each other in the middle with NO problem at all. Her legs are the most severely affected. She just kinda flops her legs back and forth when she wants to move and eventually drags herself to where she wants to go. She also seems to have no control in her tail, and only partial control in her toes. They just kind of lay there limp. Will any of this heal? Or do you think perhaps she may be crippled for life? Thanks for your help!
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lizardman Sep 07, 2003 02:12 AM

Try to provide natural sunlight if possible (to help synthesisze calcium back into the bone matrix). If the majority of the exposure is from the sun, supplement with calcium without D3; thus, if exposure is from fluorescent tubes/UV producing bulbs, use calcium with D3.
Goodluck.

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