To Hell & Back Again
Literally! I've been going mad the past few days & haven't even touched the computer since Thursday 
Well, I've been super stressed the past few weeks, it has been the worst week of my life thus far. [ getting better... ] Well, I haven't been monitoring my iguana, Shinra, very closely. I noticed he was turning grey, however, I assumed he was just shedding. Then I noticed he wasn't eating...which is normal if you're shedding. Then I noticed he wasn't sleeping at night...he keep waking up & moving around.
So Thursday night I pulled him out of his enclosure [ normally a few strokes on the head from me will put him to sleep ] only to notice he was in pain whenever I touched him. He'd start breathing really heavily and open his mouth...so I put him down & when he walked I noticed he was dragging one of his legs
No emergency Herp vets, I wasn't sure if it was broken...if he was sick...if he was dieing...I almost had a heart attack. I put him back in his enclosure, stroked his head so he'd fall asleep, only he kept waking up every twenty minutes in pain. I stayed up until 6am watching him, I had to stop him from falling a few times since he stays on the top parts of his enclosure...
In the morning, I called the closest Herp Vet, I brought him in...Apparently, there wasn't enough Calcium in his Diet causing his bones to become weak and thus his leg splintered / broke as a result.
So, after going through that complete hell, the Doctor said he should be fine since we caught it early. We're giving him 1 cc of liquid Calcium once a day and he'll see the Vet in a few days. [ to have his cast changed ]
It was pretty crazy, we had an x-ray, drew blood, everything. My poor baby is still in pain, & he's not eating, but he's feeling better [ moving around more ]
So the total cost of fixing my baby was $222, but I can say without waver that if he'd asked me to pay 10x the amount I would have gladly done so.
I will have to get some pictures of him in his cast for you guys. When I called in late to work & told them why I was late, they were like..."Your what broke his what?! Are you serious??" lol~
Well, I've been super stressed the past few weeks, it has been the worst week of my life thus far. [ getting better... ] Well, I haven't been monitoring my iguana, Shinra, very closely. I noticed he was turning grey, however, I assumed he was just shedding. Then I noticed he wasn't eating...which is normal if you're shedding. Then I noticed he wasn't sleeping at night...he keep waking up & moving around.
So Thursday night I pulled him out of his enclosure [ normally a few strokes on the head from me will put him to sleep ] only to notice he was in pain whenever I touched him. He'd start breathing really heavily and open his mouth...so I put him down & when he walked I noticed he was dragging one of his legs
No emergency Herp vets, I wasn't sure if it was broken...if he was sick...if he was dieing...I almost had a heart attack. I put him back in his enclosure, stroked his head so he'd fall asleep, only he kept waking up every twenty minutes in pain. I stayed up until 6am watching him, I had to stop him from falling a few times since he stays on the top parts of his enclosure...
In the morning, I called the closest Herp Vet, I brought him in...Apparently, there wasn't enough Calcium in his Diet causing his bones to become weak and thus his leg splintered / broke as a result.
So, after going through that complete hell, the Doctor said he should be fine since we caught it early. We're giving him 1 cc of liquid Calcium once a day and he'll see the Vet in a few days. [ to have his cast changed ]
It was pretty crazy, we had an x-ray, drew blood, everything. My poor baby is still in pain, & he's not eating, but he's feeling better [ moving around more ]
So the total cost of fixing my baby was $222, but I can say without waver that if he'd asked me to pay 10x the amount I would have gladly done so.
I will have to get some pictures of him in his cast for you guys. When I called in late to work & told them why I was late, they were like..."Your what broke his what?! Are you serious??" lol~
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Just curious Osy, how big is his enclosure? Must be huge for such a huge iguana.
Give him lots of head pats from me. :-)
$40 for the check up, $40 for the cast, $80 for Blood work, $60 for the x-ray, $10 for medicine, etc. etc.
He was also an awesome vet
Yeah, I think this will probably be the vet I go to for my pup. Friendly staff, the place is clean, I think they've won me over. [ they also offer pet advice when you're on hold rather than try to sell you stuff lol ] ~
Stil not eating, but he's getting there :x ~
Looking forward to reading more of the recovery process, poor guy. Glad he will be feeling better.
I'm interested in seeing this cast on him as well.