Bad news about my lil Francis

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Posted by kennethcole on March 17, 2002 at 15:51:06:

For those of you that remember my posts about a sick baby Sulcata a while back here is an update. it doesn't look to good.

He was diagnosed with having lack of Vitamin D and Vitamin A, his face is peeling, his eyes are sunken in (he hardly opens them and when he does he has to scratch them open). The vet said that he was not absorbing the calcium in his diet. his underbelly is extremely soft. He is not eating, not moving, seems very lethargic. We have been to the vet numerous times, getting injections, drops for his eyes, changing his diet per vet's request to get the vitamins.....but nothing is working. The vet even had us try to give him Miner-All with D3.

Today he seems so lifeless. He can't even hold up his head.
We purchased him in October of last year. He was 42 grams when he had his first vet visit and 3". On his last visit a 2 weeks ago he had only gained 4 grams. The weird thing is he was eating and pooping. He just was not growing.

Me and my girlfriend fell bad. We don't know what we did wrong. We went to every stite, read every faq and every book before we picked him up. We must have spent 2 months doing homework and research. I want to say we picked the runt. he had a resperatory infection when we first got him. The vet treated that. But for the last couple of months he has gone down hill.
Any suggestions???
Thanks in advance
-Abe&Lynn-

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: For those of you that remember my posts about a sick baby Sulcata a while back here is an update. it doesn't look to good. : He was diagnosed with having lack of Vitamin D and Vitamin A, his face is peeling, his eyes are sunken in (he hardly opens them and when he does he has to scratch them open). The vet said that he was not absorbing the calcium in his diet. his underbelly is extremely soft. He is not eating, not moving, seems very lethargic. We have been to the vet numerous times, getting injections, drops for his eyes, changing his diet per vet's request to get the vitamins.....but nothing is working. The vet even had us try to give him Miner-All with D3. : Today he seems so lifeless. He can't even hold up his head. : We purchased him in October of last year. He was 42 grams when he had his first vet visit and 3". On his last visit a 2 weeks ago he had only gained 4 grams. The weird thing is he was eating and pooping. He just was not growing. : Me and my girlfriend fell bad. We don't know what we did wrong. We went to every stite, read every faq and every book before we picked him up. We must have spent 2 months doing homework and research. I want to say we picked the runt. he had a resperatory infection when we first got him. The vet treated that. But for the last couple of months he has gone down hill. : Any suggestions??? : Thanks in advance : -Abe&Lynn-

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