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Thought some of you might like to see what we came up with for a baby dragon with a compound fracture in the upper leg and a hairline fracture in the lower leg.

This baby is not in pain, has been checked by a vet and the brace was designed by a jeweler, the break is aligned, but due to her trying to use it, it kept separating. We needed to immobilize the leg. although the one picture may look like it is tight in one area above the knee, it is very loose, the enlarged area near the knee is swelling from the break, which has gone down since braced. We also designed it so she can not put pressure right now on the foot either.

All evening she has been scooting all over her tank on the loop added to the brace and ate really well tonight. In fact she is moving her leg with the brace from the hip area better than she has since she arrived. This is a very calm baby and as you can see from the photo's, showing little stress.

We do not know how she broke the leg, she was sent by a someone who received several dragons in from a breeder and a few were not healthy. There is already an offer for a home for her when healed, by the vet treating her. She is also on liquid prescription calcium to help the bone mend which the vet thinks will. She might have problems with arthritis in the future, but her new home will be equipted to help her deal with that.


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www.reptilerooms.com

Good idea though. Good luck with it.

Sean
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Heart Mountain Herps

Is the jeweler a friend of yours or did you design the brace and buy it?
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Stacey

He is a reptile person that also does custom made jewelry and had designed a necklace for me before. He works part-time on weekends for Ben Siegel Reptiles. We called him today and asked about it and then took her over for him to fit it.

This is the necklace he made.

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www.reptilerooms.com

That is an awesome necklace. And having a jeweler is a great resource.
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Stacey

Yup, and that's not all he makes...

This is a clock he made for Cheri. The design is burned into the wood.

The little baby, btw, is in a tank right next to my computer, and I've been watching her all day so far. She's MUCH more active around the tank now and actually going down to the bowl to eat salads. She's been all over the tank today
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Axe
The Reptile Rooms

I am glad to hear the baby is doing so well. Merry Christmas!
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Stacey

Hes got a great life ahead, :0) Getting wonderful care, the brace seems to have been very well thought out, and it seems to be doing the trick for this little fella. Thats great.

And after hes healed off to live with a Vet, Like I said
~ A LUCKY LITTLE BEARDIE ~

GOOD JOB Cheri,... and your jeweler friend is quite talented in many areas. Very UNIQUE necklace.

Best wishes for the Baby, let us know when hes healed
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Eve / PHEve

That's sad that the little baby has to deal with a compound fracture and hairline fracture, but she's in great hands! I've never seen such an ingenious invention to keep a leg immobilized and pressure off the foot! Simply amazing. I love hearing about things like this ... it just goes to show that there are no limits to what we can do if we put our minds to it. You're the best Cheri! Have a great Christmas!

Hugs,
Veronica

www.BeautifulDragons.com
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Beautiful Dragons

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Signature file edited; [phw 8/31/04]

her low basking platform today and her colors are just beautiful, nice white belly and gorgeous back colors fired up. She was doing chin exercises earlier, the first we have seen that too, she is obviously very happy today. She even waddled over to her salad bowl for the first time and ate some greens on her own.

I am so proud of her!
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