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I am new to this forum- I am finding the info. here extremely helpful. My male mali has had ongoing problems with his left front foot swelling up. At first oral antibiotics would help it go down, but a few months later it would swell again. He had a needle aspiration that showed nothing. About a month ago the vets did a biopsy- think it's gout. I have started him on allopurinol and adjusted his diet a little. But his wrist is still swollen and he still has a slight limp- not that is slows him down much. Any other ideas? (He doesn't get worms or crickets anymore) Thanks

Melissa Kaplan's article on Gout? It pertains to mainly green iguanas, but a lot of the info is the same for many different reptiles. The article is at

http://www.anapsid.org/kidney.html

I've never had to deal with Gout before and hopefully never will. Good luck and let me know how it goes.

Veronica
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