BROWNS
Very Well-Known Member
I've just had a really beautiful big adult male jungle die from fatty liver disease.It was very sad he stopped eating one day and just refused to eat.I had no idea what was wrong with him and other than not eating he showed symptoms of being very uncomfortable and got pretty stroppy too.I had one guy who knows his stuff take a look at him as the vets around here have no idea, and he said he'd be right if he didn't eat for another year he was that big.I got this jungle as an adult, approx 6 years old.
Anyway, to cut a longer story short i took him to the vet and attended the autopsy and when he was cut open the amount of fat that basically fell out was disgusting.The vet was far from clued up on reptiles of any kind but said the fat was an awful lot.Other than fat we found nothing else such as parasites etc so i had him send some of the kidney and liver to be tested.The results came back and it was as i had thought-FATTY LIVER DISEASE.The vet did say that the liver appeared the same as a fatty liver in a mammal.
So this is what happens if you pump too much food into jungles for too long and try to grow them too quickly.This also happens with diamonds and bhp's which i have myself and am in no big rush to grow them.
I haven't found any documentation on this topic in jungles specifically.Not sure about diamonds or bhp's.
Has anyone else had an animal die from fatty liver disease from the animal being overfed :?:
The pics are of the autopsy, and you can see for yourself how much fat there is.Wasn't real pretty that's for sure
Anyway, to cut a longer story short i took him to the vet and attended the autopsy and when he was cut open the amount of fat that basically fell out was disgusting.The vet was far from clued up on reptiles of any kind but said the fat was an awful lot.Other than fat we found nothing else such as parasites etc so i had him send some of the kidney and liver to be tested.The results came back and it was as i had thought-FATTY LIVER DISEASE.The vet did say that the liver appeared the same as a fatty liver in a mammal.
So this is what happens if you pump too much food into jungles for too long and try to grow them too quickly.This also happens with diamonds and bhp's which i have myself and am in no big rush to grow them.
I haven't found any documentation on this topic in jungles specifically.Not sure about diamonds or bhp's.
Has anyone else had an animal die from fatty liver disease from the animal being overfed :?:
The pics are of the autopsy, and you can see for yourself how much fat there is.Wasn't real pretty that's for sure