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#240142
Chrisman
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Nervous 
ok guys, leaving in 30 mins to take spike and aries to the vet, my delayed vet appointment with them canceling once and me canceling once, but im very very nervous about this, wish them luckchris
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02/04/05 01:34pm
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#240285
Chrisman
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Message To: Chrisman In reference to Message Id: 240142
Nervous
ok well spike checked out healthy as can be, and aries has parasites, so im pretty much doing what dragos mom had to do, give them both injections ever 2 weeks for about 3 months, and the vet said he should be doing fine, and he said aries’ bumps are scabs that ARE healing, he said that he is so weak and worn down that a tiny bump can turn into a big scab...........but he also said that there is the chance aries might not make it back to recovery but its a slight chance.........so everyone hope for the bestoh dragos mom, you said your vet showed you a easy way to get them to open their mouths???? what is it mine said just hold them tight and pull slightly on the bottom skin flap, but mine actually opened up pretty well
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02/04/05 04:34pm
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#240322
Dragos mom
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Message To: Chrisman In reference to Message Id: 240285
Nervous
Glad to hear that most of your news was positive. The parasites are a pain, but definitely treatable. 2 of mine opened their mouths, but Drago wouldn’t open her mouth at the vet’s and that’s when he showed me how to use a rubber spatula to keep from damaging her mouth. I am re-worming mine again this weekend. You didn’t say what they found, but I am figuring it was a direct life cycle parasite or your vet wouldn’t have mentioned it taking 3 months to get rid of it. Make sure to disinfect your viv and everything in it or they’ll just re-introduce the parasites to themselves.
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02/04/05 05:19pm
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#240339
Chrisman
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Message To: Dragos In reference to Message Id: 240322
Nervous
yeah i cant remember which he said he had, and forgot to get him to right it down, but he said they live in the esophogus (sp), stomach and intestines, he also said that it wasn’t one of the most common that he really expected, but its no harder to treat then the others, but he did say disinfecting the vivs was a major part of it, considering that when they shed they can have eggs come off to that will just reinfect thembut hey i really was expecting worse, so maybe itll all turn out for the best rubber spatula great idea
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02/04/05 05:36pm
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#240457
Ace13
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Message To: Chrisman In reference to Message Id: 240339
Nervous
you can also gently rub the side of the mouths up and down thats what i had to do when my wd stopped eating but now he/she is eating supers crickets and pinkies like crazy
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02/04/05 07:53pm
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#240593
Dragos mom
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Message To: Ace13 In reference to Message Id: 240457
Nervous
Hey, Austin, glad to hear your dragon is eating well again. Sometimes they just seem to lose interest in food for a few days.
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02/04/05 09:34pm
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#240693
Ace13
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Message To: Dragos In reference to Message Id: 240593
Nervous
yeah he/she used to be where i could see the ribs and hip bones and stuff clearly now i can just barely tell their there and im going to order some silkworms off the net to try and get some more nutrition
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02/05/05 12:15am
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