Re: Please Help Crippled Ig

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Posted by BabyHerp on October 16, 1999 at 00:00:05:

In Reply to: Please Help Crippled Ig posted by Tracy on October 14, 1999 at 16:14:08:

MBD takes quite some time to correct.I'd suggest getting her OUTSIDE in natural sunlight as much as possible.Even if the weather is a little cool as long as she's outside and there is no cloud cover the better. Up the fiber in her diet, reconstituted prunes, add the juice on top of her salad.Good hydration with the calcium supplement is important. Proper diet & mega uvb natural sunlight being best can help her. Continue to follow your vets advice about calcium supplement he/she recommended.Remember reptiles heal so much slower than mammals. She's not moving because if she conserves energy and stays immobile her body will not continue to feed off her calcium reserves,crippling her even more. Hopefully the uv "bulbs" you bought are NOT the screw in type but the tubes with the two prong ends. I'd follow your vets recommendations on the calcium if you overdo the calcium at this point she may develop hypercalcemia, something you DON't want to sign your ig up for.Keep on with what your doing...she'll come around with plenty of sunlight & a good diet. Do you need any help on good foods to give her...or is that not an issue? Keep us posted.
Gina

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: MBD takes quite some time to correct.I'd suggest getting her OUTSIDE in natural sunlight as much as possible.Even if the weather is a little cool as long as she's outside and there is no cloud cover the better. Up the fiber in her diet, reconstituted prunes, add the juice on top of her salad.Good hydration with the calcium supplement is important. Proper diet & mega uvb natural sunlight being best can help her. Continue to follow your vets advice about calcium supplement he/she recommended.Remember reptiles heal so much slower than mammals. She's not moving because if she conserves energy and stays immobile her body will not continue to feed off her calcium reserves,crippling her even more. Hopefully the uv "bulbs" you bought are NOT the screw in type but the tubes with the two prong ends. I'd follow your vets recommendations on the calcium if you overdo the calcium at this point she may develop hypercalcemia, something you DON't want to sign your ig up for.Keep on with what your doing...she'll come around with plenty of sunlight & a good diet. Do you need any help on good foods to give her...or is that not an issue? Keep us posted. : Gina

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