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I almost lost Amaretta tonight
She went into spasms Then gasped for air and went limp eyes rolled up into her head She looked dead
I went into hystarics and refused to give her to my mom who was gonna put her in the fridge so I could bring her for a necropsy tomorrow I started tapping her back and chest, she wasn't breathing So I started breathing into her nose and shaking her up and down to loosen whatever was in her chest. She would gasp and then stop for a few minutes. I finally turned her over to my mom and when She went to put her in the bag, She gasped again! So Mom started breathing into her Nose! It took us (Mom and Me) 45 minutes before she started taking gasps on her own and Then we left her be for an hour
We put her under a heat lamp in a small plastic shoe box Well, I went to check on her and She was trying to get out of the box and looked at me like "It's hot in here" So Now I have a Heat Emiter on her for the night If She makes it, She goes To the vet first thing in the morning She was dead. But She fought to come back I'm hoping she makes it through the night
We shook a LOT of gunk out of her chest when we were trying to get her breathing
She's the one who went to the vet last monday cause of the gasping noise she was making And the vet couldn't find anything wrong with her. Looks like She had Upper Respitory Infection. He BETTER find that out tomorrow and put her on something. She's too sweet to ever replace. Not to mention too beautiful....
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2.0.0 Iguanas, 3.4.0 Beardies, 1.2.0 Saharan/Nigerian Uromastyx, 1.1.1 Leos, 0.0.1 African Fat Tail, 0.0.1 Fla Garter Snake, 0.0.1 Corn Snake, 0.0.3 Fire Belly Toads, 1.0.0 Eastern Painted Turtle, 0.0.1 African Sideneck, 1.1.1 Horses {Baby next May!!!}, 2.2.0 cats, 0.1.0 dog, and I'm done for now.....

Whew!! NICE SAVE!!
Bump her temps up a bit in the enclosure. Sure hope she makes it. Good Luck..
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WOW! Glad you hung in there and tried what you could to revive her!

Boost her overall cage temps up a bit and keep her well hydrated until she gets to the vet.

Good luck and let us know
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Glad shes going to the Vet, let us know how she does!
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>>I almost lost Amaretta tonight
>>She went into spasms Then gasped for air and went limp eyes rolled up into her head She looked dead
>>I went into hystarics and refused to give her to my mom who was gonna put her in the fridge so I could bring her for a necropsy tomorrow I started tapping her back and chest, she wasn't breathing So I started breathing into her nose and shaking her up and down to loosen whatever was in her chest. She would gasp and then stop for a few minutes. I finally turned her over to my mom and when She went to put her in the bag, She gasped again! So Mom started breathing into her Nose! It took us (Mom and Me) 45 minutes before she started taking gasps on her own and Then we left her be for an hour
>>We put her under a heat lamp in a small plastic shoe box Well, I went to check on her and She was trying to get out of the box and looked at me like "It's hot in here" So Now I have a Heat Emiter on her for the night If She makes it, She goes To the vet first thing in the morning She was dead. But She fought to come back I'm hoping she makes it through the night
>>We shook a LOT of gunk out of her chest when we were trying to get her breathing
>>She's the one who went to the vet last monday cause of the gasping noise she was making And the vet couldn't find anything wrong with her. Looks like She had Upper Respitory Infection. He BETTER find that out tomorrow and put her on something. She's too sweet to ever replace. Not to mention too beautiful....
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>>2.0.0 Iguanas, 3.4.0 Beardies, 1.2.0 Saharan/Nigerian Uromastyx, 1.1.1 Leos, 0.0.1 African Fat Tail, 0.0.1 Fla Garter Snake, 0.0.1 Corn Snake, 0.0.3 Fire Belly Toads, 1.0.0 Eastern Painted Turtle, 0.0.1 African Sideneck, 1.1.1 Horses {Baby next May!!!}, 2.2.0 cats, 0.1.0 dog, and I'm done for now.....

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