I haven't posted hear on a while but Geryon is gone. He went through a third bout of RI despite changes in husbandry this summer. I don't think he may have completely got over it just supressed it despite receiving, Pipercillin, Baytril, and Fortaz.
It had been cultured by one vet as a resisitant form of Pseudomonas and I don't think anyhting was going to kill it off completely.
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Geryon Gone
mwrinkle
Dec 24, 2009 11:17 AM
Replies (3)
PHEve
Dec 25, 2009 10:31 AM
We shared so many talks about him in emails, I feel as though I knew him 
so very sad, I know how much he suffered and how much you TRIED , over and over again. He's cool now running with all the others that have since left us.
These guys are much more fragile I believe than many other lizards I keep. As much as I LOVE them, they can be very tough at times to get over those bouts of sickness.
Just remember you tried everything! Very sorry!
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PHEve / Eve
Rosebuds
Dec 26, 2009 06:01 PM
I second what Eve said. We all know how hard you tried to help the little guy! Collareds are fragile, so you did better than most would have and I know that he had a good life in between.
JackAsp
Dec 28, 2009 12:58 AM
but, thank you. Not only for treating him as a legitimate animal and accepting responsibility even when it was very inconvenient, but thank you for trying because someday one of MY lizards may need a vet who knows what to do about that strain, and the fact that one more good doctor is familiar with it may help speed things toward a solution. I think the second hardest thing about being a reptile vet is that they often have so little information to work from, because most owners aren't out there trying, so the system is sorely lacking in data. (The hardest thing, I would assume, is not beating those owners who don't give a damn to death with a shovel, but that's a whole 'nother subject...)
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0.1 2006 Western Hognose (Bebe)
0.1 age unknown Cane Toad (Hengo)
0.1 2005 White-Banded Sheen Skink (Minerva)
1.0 2006 Northern Diamondback Terrapin (Queequeg)
1.0 2006 Madagascan Speckled "Hognose" (Sigmund)
1.0 2008 Bullsnake (Winkle)
1.2 2008 Eastern Collared Lizards (Pancho, Lupe, and Chica)
2.0 2009 Eastern Collared Lizards (Cesar and Nino)
