Post by WillemsMom on Aug 3, 2004 4:37:58 GMT -8
Willem was down to eating about 3-4 tbsps of veggie mush a day. Again, only while I was holding him. I was giving him mush because of the injury to his rostrum.
I was lucky enough to find a very congenial and thorough herp vet about 20 minutes from home.
He listened to all my concerns and then took over. I had been even worried about MBD because Willie's thighs were really plump and no longer handsomely muscular. So the vet accomodated me, though he was pretty certain I was wrong, and x-rayed him.
The outcome was Willie is fine. All his organs are good and his skeleton is fine. I LOVED seeing it..... vertebrae all the way down his tail to the last inch.
After a fecal check he found hook worms. I think he'll begin to eat well again once we get rid of them.
whew! He called his staff in to see Willie, because they don't have that many iguanas coming in. They found him beautiful. He is a brilliant green with turquoise. The vet also thought Willem has been traumatized. He rules out going into season early.
My poor little guy rubbed his rostrum raw in his enclosure on the way home. It was bleeding and he had gouged out a chunk of flesh. The vet gave/sold me an anti-biotic creme for it. But now, it really hurts him to eat. I'll prepare some cream of wheat and peas for his breakfast and hope.
I was lucky enough to find a very congenial and thorough herp vet about 20 minutes from home.
He listened to all my concerns and then took over. I had been even worried about MBD because Willie's thighs were really plump and no longer handsomely muscular. So the vet accomodated me, though he was pretty certain I was wrong, and x-rayed him.
The outcome was Willie is fine. All his organs are good and his skeleton is fine. I LOVED seeing it..... vertebrae all the way down his tail to the last inch.
After a fecal check he found hook worms. I think he'll begin to eat well again once we get rid of them.
whew! He called his staff in to see Willie, because they don't have that many iguanas coming in. They found him beautiful. He is a brilliant green with turquoise. The vet also thought Willem has been traumatized. He rules out going into season early.
My poor little guy rubbed his rostrum raw in his enclosure on the way home. It was bleeding and he had gouged out a chunk of flesh. The vet gave/sold me an anti-biotic creme for it. But now, it really hurts him to eat. I'll prepare some cream of wheat and peas for his breakfast and hope.
