Quinnbys
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Hey Folks,
This is a "can you share your experience" ask, not a diagnosis request:
We're having a scary couple of weeks with Peach our 9 mo old F. Pardalis. We have had her for about 3 mos and have been super focused on her husbandry and overall care. She's been a strong eater, pooper and active and colorful during this time. Her husbandry is strong (thanks to this forum, Bill Strand's podcast and conversations with our vet). But about 4 weeks ago she started closing her and rubbing her right eye on branches, but showed no swelling or pus. She is/was still eating and pooping normally. We took her right into our local herp vet and started her on antibiotic eye drops. It took 2 weeks but it mildly improved, but is not 100% better (she is still holding it closed most of the time). However during this time we also drew blood (first time blood draw, since at her introductory vet appointment right after we got her she was a little too small to draw) and found that she had a "profound" White Blood Cell Counts that indicated both a severe Active and Chronic infection. At the same time they also did a Blood Chemistry test which indicated that she was in her reproductive cycle phase (reproductive up-cycling, which was indicated by a higher than normal total Calcium and total Phosphorus, as well as Cholesterol) .
Our vet thinks Peach could have complications with egg production and this would be the source of the inflammation/infection in her body. She believes this theory correlates with how significant the infection appears to be in the labs (which does not line up with the rather mild state of her eye). She preformed an ultrasound to see if she could verify her theory, but the results were not super conclusive. She could indeed confirm follicles were present on the ovaries, but did not see clear obvious signs of complications, only some gray area indications.
She is recommending a spay surgery (in addition to new inject-able antibiotics which we have already started). Her attitude around the surgery is very casual, making it sound almost like something she would do even if Peach wasn't sick which is making me a little nervous. We're getting a second opinion from another well liked herp vet in the area this week, but my advice request is the following:
How many keepers of females out there have had a lady with no reproductive issues at all, just smooth sailing? I feel like I only hear about female cham problems...
Can some keepers out there who have had to spay their cutie babes, chime in on the recovery process? I realize in most cases the Cham is pretty ill at this stage of requiring a surgery like this, and recovery might be tough, but any input would be valuable. Again the vet made it sound like a walk in the park.
Thanks all
This is a "can you share your experience" ask, not a diagnosis request:
We're having a scary couple of weeks with Peach our 9 mo old F. Pardalis. We have had her for about 3 mos and have been super focused on her husbandry and overall care. She's been a strong eater, pooper and active and colorful during this time. Her husbandry is strong (thanks to this forum, Bill Strand's podcast and conversations with our vet). But about 4 weeks ago she started closing her and rubbing her right eye on branches, but showed no swelling or pus. She is/was still eating and pooping normally. We took her right into our local herp vet and started her on antibiotic eye drops. It took 2 weeks but it mildly improved, but is not 100% better (she is still holding it closed most of the time). However during this time we also drew blood (first time blood draw, since at her introductory vet appointment right after we got her she was a little too small to draw) and found that she had a "profound" White Blood Cell Counts that indicated both a severe Active and Chronic infection. At the same time they also did a Blood Chemistry test which indicated that she was in her reproductive cycle phase (reproductive up-cycling, which was indicated by a higher than normal total Calcium and total Phosphorus, as well as Cholesterol) .
Our vet thinks Peach could have complications with egg production and this would be the source of the inflammation/infection in her body. She believes this theory correlates with how significant the infection appears to be in the labs (which does not line up with the rather mild state of her eye). She preformed an ultrasound to see if she could verify her theory, but the results were not super conclusive. She could indeed confirm follicles were present on the ovaries, but did not see clear obvious signs of complications, only some gray area indications.
She is recommending a spay surgery (in addition to new inject-able antibiotics which we have already started). Her attitude around the surgery is very casual, making it sound almost like something she would do even if Peach wasn't sick which is making me a little nervous. We're getting a second opinion from another well liked herp vet in the area this week, but my advice request is the following:
How many keepers of females out there have had a lady with no reproductive issues at all, just smooth sailing? I feel like I only hear about female cham problems...
Can some keepers out there who have had to spay their cutie babes, chime in on the recovery process? I realize in most cases the Cham is pretty ill at this stage of requiring a surgery like this, and recovery might be tough, but any input would be valuable. Again the vet made it sound like a walk in the park.
Thanks all
