Metabolic bone disease?

[livingart]

this 18 mth old beardie was brought in the other day

2 of them rescued by a lady 6 month ago

the one with legs and tail thin as matchsticks succumbed within a week

she has been syringe and habdfeeding this one, but is going overseas so left it with us

the first year of their life was poor lightinng and inadequate food

paralysed right front leg

MBD or mechanical damage and should it be put down?

[repto]

where there is life there is hope?I would be more inclined to try and do what you can for it and learn from the experience that you can pass on to others?if it is not in pain and you can get it to the stage of eating for itself and get some sun on his back,could be surprising how it responds?I am a bit soft when it comes to putting things down,depends how much time you have?

[livingart]

ii think the same repto

it is about the size of a 6 month old

also seems to tip over backwards in a sort of epileptic fit

worries me that the spine has been affected badly

[Insect Direct]

thats sad. almost looks past it to me. would be interesting to see if it bounces back at all, but that maybe wishful thinking.

[si_sphinx]

Poor thing, i don't understand how people can let this happen to their pets

They should have passed it on to someone who could care for it before it got that far.

[livingart]

called bad advice originally then not listening to good advice when they got it :evil:

[Nymox]

If the general consensus is to try and save it, I will make time to help out in any way needed.

[sneaky2]

maby liquifyed carrot

[livingart]

i have a horrible feeling about occiput and c1 connection

[herperjosh]

Poor thing is its head always turned around like that? A girl on u tube bought and argentine tegu and it had mbd when she got it and it climed up a bit to high in its cage and fell and broke its back and died.

[livingart]

this is a permanent poition the lizard is in

pic to shoew approximate curvature on spine

[herperjosh]

this is a permanent poition the lizard is in

pic to shoew approximate curvature on spine

ow. Is it an inland or a barbata?

[reptile_maniac]

Looks like a barbata 2 me

[herperjosh]

Looks like a barbata 2 me

Yeah just asking as it ould be a discoloured inland or somthing because of bad health

[livingart]

a discoloured inland

yep

[HaNs]

I wouldnt keep it alive, is it fair on the animal?

[livingart]

after the few days of observation no i don't feel it is fair on the animal

[HaNs]

There's your answer

[HaNs]

Is it worth preserving it in some way to show what happens when you dont look after them? Call it education

[phoenix44]

Give the curvature on the spine, I'd be more inclined to put it down humanely.

Vertebra rubbing on each other is very painful - speaking from experience.

[Zev]

I wonder how much it would cost for an xray for educational purposes, would be good to see what is actually going on in there, poor thing.

[reptile_maniac]

I feel sorry for the beardie, he/she would have made a great pet for a loving owner

[DonnaM]

I wonder how much it would cost for an xray for educational purposes, would be good to see what is actually going on in there, poor thing.

I'd be heading for an x.ray with that head position. $66 for a turtle x.ray... I guess similar for beardie?

But as you say, if observation suggests its not going to make it then maybe best not to prolong possible suffering. Have you got a friendly vet who would do an autopsy for educational purposes? If you dont do one yourself? So sad and preventable.