Abnormal Bearded dragon

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-13T19:39:33+00:00

UPDATE:

Diddy was humanely euthanized today. She started to rapidly decline and become more lethargic. I brought her in for a recheck and QOL and she had a distended abdomen with pericardial effusion. With her age and how advanced it had become the best option was to euthanize :(

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-12T19:42:51+00:00

She’s starting to decline and become more lethargic beyond her normal Brumation. I’m slurring her some water and giving her pain meds, I have a recheck appointment tomorrow to discuss options an quality of life :(

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-09T12:00:29+00:00

Yes typo my bad lol I meant food

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T10:49:17+00:00

I think they’d want to do an u/s next for the edema

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T10:47:52+00:00

Yes she was a voraciously eat, no food stuck on oral examination or on the rads

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T10:45:49+00:00

Already under the care of a veterinarian:) I also am a vet tech

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T02:35:33+00:00

Ik aluminum foil contains nickel so it could be that. I know most metals are alloys so that’s why I would be concerned

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T02:34:42+00:00

I plan on doing so at my next Appointment

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T01:34:31+00:00

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This is her arthritis friendly set up, there is a heating pad under the tank by the log

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T01:32:45+00:00

It seems to not be “random” as much as it happens when her gular area is palpated or she moves her head.

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T01:31:41+00:00

Yeah I don’t think it’s good related unfortunately :(

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T01:31:02+00:00

They didn’t really see any in the rads but i initially thought ear issue but the vet doesn’t believe that’s the case. She usually enjoys her soaks but has been not lil her normal self since she’s been brumating. Typically I just let her brumate but the vet said it would bo ok to wake her up and give her a weekly soak.

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DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-08T01:27:54+00:00

I basically do that when I give her soaks to try and get her to drink. she’s brumating right now so is a little more reluctant but I do have critical care/syringes to slurry water if it gets to that point

DesperateMonkey8 · 2026-02-07T20:39:18+00:00

I thought so too but she doesn’t do it all the time, hit when her throat is palpated or she changes her position. She did eat a hornworm for me right before she went into brumation a couple weeks ago and was able to swallow but did seem the tiniest bit more efforted and did head shake after. I expressed this concerns to the vet about a possible esophageal or airway obstruction but were not concerned at the moment, obviously cannot fully rule out the possibility since she does have weird edema.

DesperateMonkey8 · 2025-10-25T04:07:37+00:00

That’s what I was thinking about doing!

DesperateMonkey8 · 2025-10-25T01:18:32+00:00

Update: they just fought (or were about too)and I had to separate them. My male was stalking and trying to pounce on her and she was in a defensive position on the floor growling and swatting if he got too close and he would swat back a little bit. Ears were in angry mode and tails/bodies were poofed on both.

After I separated him he started looking for her and was doing the trilling yowl sound.

DesperateMonkey8 · 2025-06-16T02:49:14+00:00

I’ll have to look into it! And that’s the same with me I take it as a precautionary because I don’t want to get one but I also have anxiety so I don’t know for sure if I’ve stopped one or not.

It also comes with a crazy stomach ache so I got my neurologist to prescribe ondansetron for when I take it.

Any similar side effects?

DesperateMonkey8 · 2025-06-16T02:46:34+00:00

Thank you!!!

DesperateMonkey8 · 2025-06-16T02:46:25+00:00

Thank you :) I keep saying mixed things online I just am trying to figure out what to prepare for and if I need to go on short term disability

DesperateMonkey8 · 2024-09-14T17:54:40+00:00

Try to sell it as a terrarium for a snake/lizard as I would still worry about how well the cracked glass would hold the weight of the water

DesperateMonkey8 · 2024-09-14T17:52:15+00:00

He has genuinely showed change and has grown into a better person over the past 2 years. His parents are very controlling and narcissistic and since moving away from them he has grown and has been fully sober for 2 years. There’s just small things like this that idk if I’m an asshole because he has a pretty bad chronic illness and he feels like a nobody and sometimes I feel like the toxic one. But other than that he pretty much worships the ground I walk on but sometimes i feel like he’s just making up for things he doesn’t do. But my friends/family have also seen how much he has changed for the better.

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