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Well i took Ralphs fecal to the vet along with him, and the fecal came out negative. Which means its not parasites, but something internal. The vet said that he either cant get his mind off breeding so much that he just isnt interested in eating, which i think may be unlikely, or he has some kind of kidney/internal problem. She gave him vitamin shots and took blood, and the bloodwork should be completed by friday. GOSH these darn vet visits are getting expensive!! I took my new female ANna to the vet bout a week ago and paid bout 150 dollars (counting everyone elses fecal) and then today Ralph alone cost me 200 dollars!! haha oh well, as long as he gets better. Im really worried about what this problem could be. It kind of is just hitting me right now that this might not just be able to be treated with a week's worth of meds. Ohhhh boy...**sigh**

Anyone have any insight?

Worried...David
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David - KDRKreatures

1.3 Bearded dragons (Ralph, Artemis, Cheech, Anna Nicole)
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0.0.8 Red Eared Sliders
0.1 Timneh African Grey (Roxy)

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I am sorry to hear about Ralph.
Hopefully the vet is wrong and he will rebound from whatever this is.
I have had male dragons that have lost ALL interest in eating during breeding season. I have actually had to put them in another room for a few weeks to get them back on track and eating. I had one male that lost 50 grams because he flatly refused to eat for weeks.
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Lisa
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As long as he isn't losing weight and is active, then it is from breeding activity. I have only had one male actually eat during breeding, and he only ate two crickets. Some males are wanting to breed all year round and only ever eat lightly. I wouldn't be worried if it isn't parasites and he is breeding, than that is why. He should be fine.

He is lathargic though. He is always black beard and tryin to bobb, but went from 400g to 333g....thats not good.
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David - KDRKreatures

1.3 Bearded dragons (Ralph, Artemis, Cheech, Anna Nicole)
2.2 Eastern Box Turtles (Snappy, Mercuria, Gizmo, Galapago)
1.0 Ball Python (Carson)
0.0.8 Red Eared Sliders
0.1 Timneh African Grey (Roxy)

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know? We've been collecting them and doing comparisons with dragons panels that are known to be healthy and ones that are not. We have about 20 healthy ones now and 12 sick dragon ones.

We are trying to get a good baseline for healthy ones to better spot potential problems in ones that are ill.

Fecals will show parasites, worms and some other potential problems, but a normal fecal float will not show the gram negative bacterias that often can be the root cause of an ill dragon.

Even grams stains my not show them unless they can get them up high enough.
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