squeekz1992
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I really think he is dying.. I doubt he will make it through the night. All efforts to rehome him have been ignored. Poor baby was doing so well on Saturday, and then Sunday he didn't move all day, and he still has yet to move today.
Well I can't say he didn't try to move today..He's lost control of his arms. He has been walking drunk, and today he barely could walk. Spoon/Syringe feeding isn't even working now. His color is very pale, and his eyes are sunken.
He's still bloated though, and I know he isn't impacted because I've seen him go... He's dehydrated now, or at least he should be.. But his urate is white still. He is getting wrinkly, and honestly it's almost like he is shriveling up.. I have been trying not to handle him as much to see if that made a difference, but it hasn't.
He ate four worms on Saturday, I was so excited, but now he can't even control his little arms. Poor baby has been through so much...
I am very angry with his breeder...Goliath could make an awesome pet if he weren't just hatched when I got him!
Everybody, if you go to a reptile show, and they tell you "He's 6weeks" and your gut says "No, he's only days old" go with your gut. Hatchlings require a lot of special attention, and I am pretty sure my poor baby has a parasite. I was expecting to get at least a 1.5 month old baby when I picked him out and now he is dying because I was given false information at the reptile show..
I feel really bad, I'm not even sure that he will make it through the night, and he was too small and sick to make a 3 hour car ride to the vet... I've done everything I could, but now I just have to make him comfortable..
It is awful to watch him go, I was really pulling for him, I can't even open his mouth to force feed him now, his head just lulls with it...
I will never go to this dragon breeder again...
The worst part is that my set up is 100%. I even have my BF's dragon set up at his house the exact same way, and actually my set up is better because I have a definitive schedule, and Bella doesnt, but she is thriving while my baby is wasting away... I think any progress that I had made with Goliath has been hindered because of his age, and the fact that I'm positive he's got some sort of parasite.
I feel awful I was really hoping to have a happy ending, and maybe I still can, but I won't get my hopes up too much...
I talked to Goliath and told him he was a good little fighter, and that I understand if he's too tired to fight anymore...It's not fair to him or to me, to have to watch him waste away despite all efforts to save him..We will see what he decides...
Well I can't say he didn't try to move today..He's lost control of his arms. He has been walking drunk, and today he barely could walk. Spoon/Syringe feeding isn't even working now. His color is very pale, and his eyes are sunken.
He's still bloated though, and I know he isn't impacted because I've seen him go... He's dehydrated now, or at least he should be.. But his urate is white still. He is getting wrinkly, and honestly it's almost like he is shriveling up.. I have been trying not to handle him as much to see if that made a difference, but it hasn't.
He ate four worms on Saturday, I was so excited, but now he can't even control his little arms. Poor baby has been through so much...
I am very angry with his breeder...Goliath could make an awesome pet if he weren't just hatched when I got him!
Everybody, if you go to a reptile show, and they tell you "He's 6weeks" and your gut says "No, he's only days old" go with your gut. Hatchlings require a lot of special attention, and I am pretty sure my poor baby has a parasite. I was expecting to get at least a 1.5 month old baby when I picked him out and now he is dying because I was given false information at the reptile show..
I feel really bad, I'm not even sure that he will make it through the night, and he was too small and sick to make a 3 hour car ride to the vet... I've done everything I could, but now I just have to make him comfortable..
It is awful to watch him go, I was really pulling for him, I can't even open his mouth to force feed him now, his head just lulls with it...
I will never go to this dragon breeder again...
The worst part is that my set up is 100%. I even have my BF's dragon set up at his house the exact same way, and actually my set up is better because I have a definitive schedule, and Bella doesnt, but she is thriving while my baby is wasting away... I think any progress that I had made with Goliath has been hindered because of his age, and the fact that I'm positive he's got some sort of parasite.
I feel awful I was really hoping to have a happy ending, and maybe I still can, but I won't get my hopes up too much...
I talked to Goliath and told him he was a good little fighter, and that I understand if he's too tired to fight anymore...It's not fair to him or to me, to have to watch him waste away despite all efforts to save him..We will see what he decides...