mbondy
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Well just got back from the vets, I've good news and bad news. Well we don't believe my guy has MBD, the vets were just as puzzled as I am with my guy. But we believe that whatever is going on is neurological.
To give you some background, he's a 5 1/2 month old male Ambilobe. I've had him for about 2 1/2 months. He was on the smaller side when I bought him but healthy as can be. He's shed three times in the last two months, perfect droppings everytime, and eats like a pig. I first was concerned about his size as he's quite smaller then the average panther his age, more the size of a three month old. The size wouldn't concern me as much if not for his weird leg thing going on. He doesn't have great balance and would probably fall ALL the time if I didn't have such a thick plant in his cage where it's pretty impossible to fall far at all. He'd be dead meat in the wild long ago.
Back to his legs then, his front legs are completely healthy and normal but his hind legs are just plain weird. It's almost as if he doesn't have normal sensations in his rear legs and barely uses them. His bones are normal but you'll see him sticking his hind legs out and not putting any weight on them. Almost looks like he doesn't know where his legs are. So he compensates with his front legs and tail, his tail has become very strong due to this and he doesn't look like he's in any pain.
This has started since I brought him home but has become more noticeable as he's growing up, using more tail and less hind legs.
So the vets checked him out and we don't believe he has MBD, they did give me some calcium to give to him orally every day for the next few weeks. Though we do think whatever is going on is neurological and we'll be keeping on eye on how he's doing. It's really frustrating
The vets took a video of him to have another very experienced reptile zoo vet check out what may be causing his issue. As well a vet student took a short clip to show to her professor...guess my guy will be famous
To give you some background, he's a 5 1/2 month old male Ambilobe. I've had him for about 2 1/2 months. He was on the smaller side when I bought him but healthy as can be. He's shed three times in the last two months, perfect droppings everytime, and eats like a pig. I first was concerned about his size as he's quite smaller then the average panther his age, more the size of a three month old. The size wouldn't concern me as much if not for his weird leg thing going on. He doesn't have great balance and would probably fall ALL the time if I didn't have such a thick plant in his cage where it's pretty impossible to fall far at all. He'd be dead meat in the wild long ago.
Back to his legs then, his front legs are completely healthy and normal but his hind legs are just plain weird. It's almost as if he doesn't have normal sensations in his rear legs and barely uses them. His bones are normal but you'll see him sticking his hind legs out and not putting any weight on them. Almost looks like he doesn't know where his legs are. So he compensates with his front legs and tail, his tail has become very strong due to this and he doesn't look like he's in any pain.
This has started since I brought him home but has become more noticeable as he's growing up, using more tail and less hind legs.
So the vets checked him out and we don't believe he has MBD, they did give me some calcium to give to him orally every day for the next few weeks. Though we do think whatever is going on is neurological and we'll be keeping on eye on how he's doing. It's really frustrating
The vets took a video of him to have another very experienced reptile zoo vet check out what may be causing his issue. As well a vet student took a short clip to show to her professor...guess my guy will be famous
