Smittiferous
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
Yesterday my little sandy was all fine and dandy, monkeying about the place as he usually does. Got home from work today to find the poor feller suffering serious lethargy and obvious muscle spasms. Searching here, and googling seems to point to MBD.
List of observed symptoms are as follows:
*Lethargy
*Weakness
*Muscle spasms in legs and base of tail
*Poor motor control
*Curved spine on occasion during motion
*Total disinterest in food
Diet is as follows:
*Crickets
*Lean beef mince
*Chicken mince
*Supplemented twice a week with calcium
*Tried to start him on pinkie mice today but he wasn't interested in food at all, which made me look closer, and now here we are...
I believe this is the result of a failure of my own husbandry, either not enough calcium and/or the UV bulb I had fitted was a spare that had been used in another enclosure previously then put into storage, I suspect it's no good and it has now been replaced.
What are my options in the short-term for trying to help him recover? I've never experienced this before with my dragons so I have no real clue. Google Vet mostly says "correct the husbandry errors and observe" but if he's not eating at all, how can I boost his calcium intake? If I can't induce some kind of improvement soon he'll be off to KVH, of course.
Thankyou kindly in advance for anything anyone can recommend.
Yesterday my little sandy was all fine and dandy, monkeying about the place as he usually does. Got home from work today to find the poor feller suffering serious lethargy and obvious muscle spasms. Searching here, and googling seems to point to MBD.
List of observed symptoms are as follows:
*Lethargy
*Weakness
*Muscle spasms in legs and base of tail
*Poor motor control
*Curved spine on occasion during motion
*Total disinterest in food
Diet is as follows:
*Crickets
*Lean beef mince
*Chicken mince
*Supplemented twice a week with calcium
*Tried to start him on pinkie mice today but he wasn't interested in food at all, which made me look closer, and now here we are...
I believe this is the result of a failure of my own husbandry, either not enough calcium and/or the UV bulb I had fitted was a spare that had been used in another enclosure previously then put into storage, I suspect it's no good and it has now been replaced.
What are my options in the short-term for trying to help him recover? I've never experienced this before with my dragons so I have no real clue. Google Vet mostly says "correct the husbandry errors and observe" but if he's not eating at all, how can I boost his calcium intake? If I can't induce some kind of improvement soon he'll be off to KVH, of course.
Thankyou kindly in advance for anything anyone can recommend.