Hi all,
I am new to this forum so bear with me. My jackson's toenail came off about two weeks ago because his cage "mesh" was too narrow. We since changed his cage into 1/4" squares. Is this still too small? I read it should be 1/2". His new cage is 2' x 2' x 3'. He seemed fine at first but I knew something was wrong when he stopped eating (eating many crickets and worms a day to none). In the past week I have taken him to the vet two times. The first vet just gave me an oral antibiotic to give to my cham. She seemed to know nothing about the animal. The second vet I took him too gave him an antibiotic shot as well as tried to take the puss out but nothing reallly came out if it supposed to look like cottage cheese! Now he seems to be getting even worse. He sleeps during the day on and off. He does not put any weight on his arm that lost the toenail and seems to be in a lot of pain. He also does not move at all unless he really has to. His toe was swollen and now his whole arm seems to be swollen. So my question is what else can I do for him? I am going to see the vet again tomorrow. He said he is going to give more anitbiotics and look at the swollen foot again. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the help! :O)
I am new to this forum so bear with me. My jackson's toenail came off about two weeks ago because his cage "mesh" was too narrow. We since changed his cage into 1/4" squares. Is this still too small? I read it should be 1/2". His new cage is 2' x 2' x 3'. He seemed fine at first but I knew something was wrong when he stopped eating (eating many crickets and worms a day to none). In the past week I have taken him to the vet two times. The first vet just gave me an oral antibiotic to give to my cham. She seemed to know nothing about the animal. The second vet I took him too gave him an antibiotic shot as well as tried to take the puss out but nothing reallly came out if it supposed to look like cottage cheese! Now he seems to be getting even worse. He sleeps during the day on and off. He does not put any weight on his arm that lost the toenail and seems to be in a lot of pain. He also does not move at all unless he really has to. His toe was swollen and now his whole arm seems to be swollen. So my question is what else can I do for him? I am going to see the vet again tomorrow. He said he is going to give more anitbiotics and look at the swollen foot again. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the help! :O)