SRiley
Bearded Dragon Egg
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There seems to be a lot going on with our little guy and I don’t know what to do. He is almost a year old and everything had been going great until about a weak and a half ago. His apatite was off. He has always been a very very big eater. Worms and greens and carafes. Then I noticed almost over night a bump on his head. Left side towards the back of his head. He also became very lethargic. He used to run around our living room for 3 or 4 hours a day and jump off our couch chasing our two huskies. Now he moves from time to time and becomes a bit more alert here and there but he won’t eat and doesn’t drink unless we force him to. To make matters worse we took him to a vet that says they care for reptiles. They had no idea what was wrong and wanted to do a bunch of tests. Unfortunately it cost more then we could afford to do all the tests.
We opted to test what was in the bump. They told us they could not hear blood swirling through it so that was a good sign so they took a sample to be tested. Almost two weeks and still no results. I have called them multiple times.
We left the vet with a prescription for Enroflexcin (antibiotic) and Tramadal (pain killer) and a food Supplement. They had also given him his first dose. We got home and he seemed worse but we thought maybe it’s just the pain meds. The following day my wife gave him the antibiotic and some food but no pain meds. Each day he seemed to get worse. On the 3rd day and after lots of reading and researching on the internet I realized she had been giving him the wrong dosage of the antibiotics. Prescribed .05 and was giving the poor little guy .5.
We stopped the meds and have not given him any antibiotics since, so 5-6 days I believe but he doesn’t seem to be getting better. He has more moments where he perks up but he is loosing a lot of weight and just doesn't look good
I am afraid of doing the wrong thing but have tried to improve on his care.
Any advice would be great.
Also should we give him Probiotics?
How long does the antibiotics take to get out of his system? I tried the vet they said they won’t give medical advice over the phone
I am attaching pics of him and his enclosure.
We opted to test what was in the bump. They told us they could not hear blood swirling through it so that was a good sign so they took a sample to be tested. Almost two weeks and still no results. I have called them multiple times.
We left the vet with a prescription for Enroflexcin (antibiotic) and Tramadal (pain killer) and a food Supplement. They had also given him his first dose. We got home and he seemed worse but we thought maybe it’s just the pain meds. The following day my wife gave him the antibiotic and some food but no pain meds. Each day he seemed to get worse. On the 3rd day and after lots of reading and researching on the internet I realized she had been giving him the wrong dosage of the antibiotics. Prescribed .05 and was giving the poor little guy .5.
We stopped the meds and have not given him any antibiotics since, so 5-6 days I believe but he doesn’t seem to be getting better. He has more moments where he perks up but he is loosing a lot of weight and just doesn't look good
I am afraid of doing the wrong thing but have tried to improve on his care.
Any advice would be great.
Also should we give him Probiotics?
How long does the antibiotics take to get out of his system? I tried the vet they said they won’t give medical advice over the phone
I am attaching pics of him and his enclosure.
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