My baby isn't doing too well :/

kinyonga said:
You said..." have a red footed tortoise named Tortellini, and I don't mind the questions as long as they help. And I didn't know water dragons ate veggies, I have one as well and would feeding him veggies be a good idea?"... I love your tortoise's name! Red foots are great!
I fed my water dragons (and beardies and tortoises) the same greens and veggies and fruits I listed above. I had them for years and they gave me lots of babies. If I remember correctly they can also lay eggs sometimes without having mated. Is yours a male or female?
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My tortoise is male, so is my water dragon but I do not plan on mating any of my animals. As far as my pets go, none of them except my old aquatic turtle have laid any sort of eggs, but then again, most of my animals are male. The thing with Petri is that I do not see any spurs but I also have noticed that she hasn't really grown a lot and she hasn't laid any eggs, even though I have had a laying bin in her cage. Which is why i'm still a little confused with 'her' sex.
 
SaxyTayTay said:
My tortoise is male, so is my water dragon but I do not plan on mating any of my animals. As far as my pets go, none of them except my old aquatic turtle have laid any sort of eggs, but then again, most of my animals are male. The thing with Petri is that I do not see any spurs but I also have noticed that she hasn't really grown a lot and she hasn't laid any eggs, even though I have had a laying bin in her cage. Which is why i'm still a little confused with 'her' sex.
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She does seem a bit small.
 
kinyonga said:
She's cute and I'm surprised to see no splotches! I don't see any signs of MBD either and no real signs of egg production either.
Did the vet take blood from her tail area?
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Yes, the vet took a blood sample from her tail to make sure that her tail rot wasn't something else such as Can V.
 
You said..."Thank you, this is all very informative" ...glad I can help. I've kept many lizards, tortoises and a few other things o er the last 30 years.
 
kinyonga said:
You said..."Thank you, this is all very informative" ...glad I can help. I've kept many lizards, tortoises and a few other things o er the last 30 years.
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Well, I'm only 14 so I do not have so much experience but my father does but he did keep pets illegally and had over a thousand reptiles to be fair. He also kept his chameleons in a houseplant and they were surprisingly healthy, haha. I also have a lot of reptiles but definitely not as much as he did.
 
Good that the vet thought about CANV! It was my vet and my chameleons that started a lot of the studies on CANV and led to its naming.
I wonder if a nerve could have been hit with the needle? Not sure. If the physio is working I would keep doing it for a bit.
 
I was extremely worried that my iguana had CANV when we had to take him to the veterinarian. But he didn't which was very relieving
 
Nothing wrong with being young! You have lots of years to become an expert! Read lots but be aware that some things you read might not be true. This is a good sight to read things on!
 
kinyonga said:
Nothing wrong with being young! You have lots of years to become an expert! Read lots but be aware that some things you read might not be true. This is a good sight to read things on!
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Thanks, me and my father have been thinking of making Petri a prosthetic tail which will be difficult but I'm hoping it'll work
 
I give you a lot of credit for all the time and effort. However things turn out, it's a learning experience. I wish I would have kept a journal with notes when I was your age- it can be helpful to track what works and what doesn't with your "patient", it has some special needs. Just jot down the basics like temperature, what you feed, and maybe a scale of 1-5 to rate how your lizard responds or seems to be doing- things like that. It must be hard work to keep the chameleon going with such a serious injury, good luck to both of you!
 
Franquixote said:
I give you a lot of credit for all the time and effort. However things turn out, it's a learning experience. I wish I would have kept a journal with notes when I was your age- it can be helpful to track what works and what doesn't with your "patient", it has some special needs. Just jot down the basics like temperature, what you feed, and maybe a scale of 1-5 to rate how your lizard responds or seems to be doing- things like that. It must be hard work to keep the chameleon going with such a serious injury, good luck to both of you!
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That's a great idea! Especially for species where there is no established care sheet as they are not established in the pet trade.
 
kinyonga said:
How old is she? She could be full of eggs if she's old enough. Does she have mustard yellowish splotches of color on her?
Didn't the vet say anything about that? It could be why she can't use her legs.
I need to see some recent photos please.
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How old should they ( I have a she ) be to have mustard yellow splotches on them? How old are they usually begin laying eggs? How do a female carrying eggs act?
 
gemini2fly said:
How old should they ( I have a she ) be to have mustard yellow splotches on them? How old are they usually begin laying eggs? How do a female carrying eggs act?
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They may appear restless, going to the bottom of the enclosure over and over, and they can be anywhere from 6 months or over, but you should always have a laybin in there for her.
 
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