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14-Mar-05, 06:23 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: The far and bewildered mountainside of the strange region of Carpathia Age/Gender: 34  | | |
Damn!! One of my male Water Dragons died today. On Saturday during feeding time he didn't run up to me to grab food from my hands as he usually does. Straight away i knew something was wrong. I approached him and tried to catch him and he ran off lethargically. Yesterday i tried to catch him and he ran off dragging his back legs. Today after work i checked on him and he was dead. He may have been attacked by a larger male but theres no marks on him. I dont know what caused him to lose the use of his hind legs. I bred this dragon and he was about 3 years old. Sad day indeed.
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14-Mar-05, 06:26 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-03 Location: Brisbane | | | | RE: Death of a dragon
Tough break! Sorry to hear s.t.
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14-Mar-05, 06:26 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-03 Location: frankston victoria Age: 22 | | | | RE: Death of a dragon
sorry to hear mate it's always hard when ya lose one
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14-Mar-05, 06:28 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Ipswich, Queensland Gender:  | | | | RE: Death of a dragon
Sorry for your loss. Never heard of anything happening that quick before.
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14-Mar-05, 06:35 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: North Brisbane Metro | | | | RE: Death of a dragon
Sorry to hear mate 
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14-Mar-05, 06:35 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-04 Location: Fraser Coast Gender: | | | | RE: Death of a dragon
Was it in an indoor or outdoor enclosure? What did you feed it?
Simone.
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14-Mar-05, 06:49 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: The far and bewildered mountainside of the strange region of Carpathia Age/Gender: 34 | | | | RE: Death of a dragon
It was in a large outdoor enclosure with 3 other water dragons and 5 blueys. Its diet was: insects, banana, raw steak, mince, dog food and occasionally mice. I was thinking maybe it accidentally ingested a pine bark chip that may have stuck to its food and this caused a gut impaction.... perhaps.
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14-Mar-05, 07:07 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-05 Location: At home Age: 33 | | | | RE: Death of a dragon
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14-Mar-05, 07:10 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-04 Location: Fraser Coast Gender: | | | | RE: Death of a dragon
I've had two beardies die on me a few years ago and a sign that they had intestinal blockage was that they were squeezing the back legs together about 2 days before they died one seemed like he's lost the use of his back legs the following day. Booked them in for the vets and they died that day. Just before the end they seemed very lethargic.
Sorry for your loss mate.
Simone.
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16-Mar-05, 07:33 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-03 Location: Cleveland, near Brisvegas Age: 27 | | | | RE: Death of a dragon
yeah, it sounds like an intestinal blockage to me... these things can easily be fatal if not caught early. Beardies are more prone to them because their hips are narrower, but may affect other dragon species none the less. Substrate is often the cause of impactions. You can try and move whatever is in their gut with parrafin. Sorry to hear about their loss
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16-Mar-05, 02:45 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-04 Location: Fraser Coast Gender: | | | | RE: Death of a dragon
Mine was caused from feeding mealworms to juvenile beardeds. I can guarantee through experience its a no no
Simone.
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18-Mar-05, 01:14 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Melbourne | | | | RE: Death of a dragon
Sorry to hear about your loss.
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18-Mar-05, 07:41 AM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: sydney | | | | RE: Death of a dragon
My condolences Serpente
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