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Hey everyone, well early yesterday morning I noticed my beardie wasn't eating, wasn't very alert and actually very lethargic.
I picked him up, he was warm but then I felt his stomach, huge lump..instantly I thought something was wrong, so I went through a sheet which lists common problems for beardies, I found 'Impaction of the Digestive Tract', I instantly thought it was that, as his vent was very inflamed and he hadn't passed yet and didn't the day before.
So that day, I took him off to my vet that I volunteer for, spent a good hour with him, I was right, it was an impaction of the digestive tract, I'm fairly sure it was because of mealworms, there wasn't anything in the tank that I noticed he could have eaten that would cause this.
So in the morning yesterday when I took him to the vet, we instantly gave him some Calcium gluconate diluted to boost him a bit, then got a syringe of lubricate and injected it up his vent - it really worked! I continued that 3 times a day and last night the last time I done it and gave him warm bath a bit of poo came out so I was happy, but then I put him in the tank and I guess the heat helped him heaps and he done a massive poo.
He still has a bit of a lump, if it doesn't pass within a few more days then he might have to be put down.
But anyway, where I'm going with this, I asked my Vet about giving him some Vitamin C orally (as it's used heaps as a broad spectrum boost for all animals) He just said yeah go for it, but I don't really know HOW much to dilute, I tried calling him, but he didn't answer his phone, I also tried a few after hours vets - but they won't tell you over the phone they will want your $$$.
So does anyone here know (or is anyone here a vet) that could let me know how much Vitamin C Powder I should dilute to give to him orally?
You would give a child under 12 2.0grams to a cup of water, so I was going to go less then that.
And anyone else ever experienced this before? Have any tips?
Cheers everyone.
I picked him up, he was warm but then I felt his stomach, huge lump..instantly I thought something was wrong, so I went through a sheet which lists common problems for beardies, I found 'Impaction of the Digestive Tract', I instantly thought it was that, as his vent was very inflamed and he hadn't passed yet and didn't the day before.
So that day, I took him off to my vet that I volunteer for, spent a good hour with him, I was right, it was an impaction of the digestive tract, I'm fairly sure it was because of mealworms, there wasn't anything in the tank that I noticed he could have eaten that would cause this.
So in the morning yesterday when I took him to the vet, we instantly gave him some Calcium gluconate diluted to boost him a bit, then got a syringe of lubricate and injected it up his vent - it really worked! I continued that 3 times a day and last night the last time I done it and gave him warm bath a bit of poo came out so I was happy, but then I put him in the tank and I guess the heat helped him heaps and he done a massive poo.
He still has a bit of a lump, if it doesn't pass within a few more days then he might have to be put down.
But anyway, where I'm going with this, I asked my Vet about giving him some Vitamin C orally (as it's used heaps as a broad spectrum boost for all animals) He just said yeah go for it, but I don't really know HOW much to dilute, I tried calling him, but he didn't answer his phone, I also tried a few after hours vets - but they won't tell you over the phone they will want your $$$.
So does anyone here know (or is anyone here a vet) that could let me know how much Vitamin C Powder I should dilute to give to him orally?
You would give a child under 12 2.0grams to a cup of water, so I was going to go less then that.
And anyone else ever experienced this before? Have any tips?
Cheers everyone.