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: well.... : i saw a case on TV of an iguana with failing kidbneys. medicine in herpetology is not as advanced as with mammals. : chances are your iguana will not make it. : Im sorry....but id rather be honest than illude you into thinking it'll be allright. : u gave it the wrong diet for too long...... the damage has been done. : following other's advice might save your iguana. but...kidneys are serious things..... and once they do not work good....... there are problems! : im sorry....but at least now u know how to properly give a good diet to an iguana....so the next u will have, will never be sick! : good lcuk...and let us know how he is ok? : : : High everyone, please help me. : : Perhaps I should introduce my self, my name is : : Cosmos and I’m 16 years old and lives in Sweden, I have one Ig who’s name is : : Odlan, I love him and he such a nice little fellow. : : He’s almost 6 years old and about 1 m and weights about 1,5 kg. He has very : : bad kidneys. : : I apologize for my English and would understand if you wouldn’t understand : : it, but I’m so sad for my Ig and want to help him. I know that he wont be : : around forever but I love him and want to spend as much time as possible : : with him so please help me if you can, because I love him so much it hurts : : me to see that he isn’t very well and want him to have the best since he : : have always been there for me to cherish me up when I have been sad or had a : : hard time. : : I hope that that someone here can help with advise or if you have been in : : the same situation as I am in now. I would be very happy if any experts in : : the reptile area could help me. : : I want you to know that I does everything I can to keep him healthy, so I’m : : open to any suggestions. : : The reason I think why his kidneys gone bad is CAT FOOD, when we bought him : : several years ago we were told to feed him Iceberg lettuce and green peas : : and cat food. We feed him cat food for about a year, after that we made : : some change in his diet. : : : : When I went to our vet after that he had been lethargic and had a swollen : : dewlap, she told us that his kidneys were real bad, the gave him several : : shoots ( don’t know all of them but one was steroids, I'm trying to get the : : medical report but that has been hard since my vet is at vacation ), : : Since he was dehydrated we where told to give him 50 ml every day together : : with 0.15 ml Baytril and 2 x 1 ml of Navaluzid. We were supposed to give him : : baytril for three weeks, and so did we. : : Novaluzid : : : Novaluzid. : : Magn. hydrox. et magn. carb. respond. 24,1 mg Mg, alumin. hydrox, respond. : : 58,5 mg Al. amyl, hydrolysat. : : et hydrogenat. 67 m, sorbitol. 42 mg, saccharinnatr.,conservans, aroma, : : constit. q.s. et aq. ad 1 ml. : : 10 ml binds ca 85 mmol Hci. : : The medicine is given for when you have pyrosis and erucation ( sourly ) : : don't know the English word for that one.' : : 5- 10 ml when trouble or by doctors orders. : : I don’t give him all the water at once and his medicine is given orally. : : Since he couldn’t handle that amount of water we started to give him 30 ml : : and 1 ml of Novaluzid, for about two and a half week, and now we have : : started to give him more since he seems to handle that well, ( 30-45 ml : : everyday). I thought he would day on the Christmas day since he had : : difficulties breathing and looked very week, I think that the water he had : : been given had made it’s way in to the tissues perhaps his lungs where : : effected and I didn’t get rid of it since he perhaps got some water in to : : his wind pipe. : : Should I give him water during the night when he is asleep or is that : : stressful for him since I keep the heat during the night to boost his immune : : system and his digestion and don’t want him to get dry. : : Since I live in Sweden I have trouble finding all the food for the MK diet : : but the one’s I have found that are good for him ( at least I think ) are: : : Butternut squash, parsnip, pear, cantaloupe ( the yellow melon right ? ), : : green beans, collard and escarole. : : I don’t give him so much escarole and green beans. : : Is the collard ( this is the right collard or it doesn’t look like at the MK : : page . ( http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/brassica/brass/brasole3.jpg )bad : : for him since it is high in Calcium oxalate ( or isn’t it becasue there : : calcium level is quite high or ? I don’t know here a link to MK’s page : : http://www.sonic.net/~melissk/cal_ox.html , and since I add calcium to his : : food. : : I bought some fresh figs a few days ago and some dried today how should you : : prepare them ? : : Is his diet good, is there anything that are bad for him considering his : : health, should I get some Dandelion and Custard greens ( they are really : : expensive over here but that doesn’t matter ). : : Should I get some alfalfa powder or tablets which I crush and mixes with his : : food, or should it be avoided. : : I ad some calcium supliment to his food daily, it is without phosphor and : : does not contain any vitamins. : : I have a vitamin supliment which contains vitamin D3 and A, I don’t want too : : give him that since that wouldn’t be great, I ’ll be getting one without : : Vitamin D tomorrow though. : : I also give him Thyrodine one drop a day in his water, Thyrodine contains . : : Potassium Iodine. I have read about it but didn’t understand it. : : I blend his food, and the use a mixer, does the nutrian disappear if you : : boil the vegetables. : : Ï add extra water to his food. : : : : Is there anyone who knows if there is a substitute for ensure, here in : : Sweden or if there are any known similar products. : : : : His enclosure: : : I keeps his basking spot at 35 – 38 * C and his night temperature at 30-35 : : *C, the humidity level is 75 – 90 %, I mist him every time I mist his : : enclosure which is about 15 – 30 times a day. : : I give him daily baths, 2- 3 times everyday and some days four times, mostly : : during the weekends. : : His behavior: : : He is very nice and don’t show any signs of aggression or irritation except : : that he don’t like when we give him his water and medicine, which I either : : wouldn’t like. : : His poo is different almost every three days, When we started he had : : diarrhea for about two weeks then he had good looking except that the very : : orange tinged ( the stuff that’s usually brown ) and then it became darker : : and had the right shape and about a week ago it became orange and to day and : : last day he had diarrhea and the color is better ( could it be that we have : : been giving him more water ?? ). : : The white part looks ok, it doesn’t look thick, it more looks like spider : : web, it has a little orange / yellow in it though. : : He eats okay everyday and so but someday he wont eat if the food hasn’t the : : right color, like today he didn’t eat because there was a lot of butter nut : : in it which he usually likes, so I started to give him some pear and then I : : made new food for him with less butternut in which he ate, someday he eats : : less and someday more. : : His body looks al right he isn’t very skinny, perhaps because he gets so : : much water, but I don’ think so. His dewlap is quite large but not very : : filled. : : I think he have some swelling is neck but I’m not sure. : : Sometimes he keeps his mouth open but recently only after he have been given : : water, perhaps he got some down his lungs, for about four days ago he kept : : his mouth open quite often but when I changed the way of giving him water he : : stopped, the vet assistant told me that is was okay to give him water and : : medicine in the beginning of his mouth and perhaps if he got to much some : : made it down his windpipe. : : But he haven’t had his mouth open as often the last days, only saw it open : : to day but that was after feeding and when I came home and found him in his : : basking spot which was too hot for him ( bought a lower effect on his : : basking light, but that didn’t seem to do any different ), so I will go back : : to the old CHE. : : He sometimes has more saliva then usually. : : His skin doesn’t seem dry, but some days his skin especially around his : : belly looks kind of wrinkled, but gets is old for bask after a while or : : next day. : : I have noticed almost two weeks ago that one of his eyes when he wasn’t : : asleep just had his eyes closed ( the left one ) was larger then the other : : one and puffed up, his eyes where closed. : : Sometimes I can feel his left kidney I belive, I’m not really sure but I : : think it is his kidey. : : I now that this is a very long letter and I would be very thankful if you : : could read it and help me, if you could give me some advice on the food and : : other things that I have mentioned or if there is any special food he should : : be fed due to his condition and if there is any medication I should give : : him, if there is any thing I should watch out for in food and vitamins or : : if there is any other things that I haven’t mentioned or do wrong. : : : I hope that it’s okay that I ask for help if there is any thing that I see : : or is wondering about. : : : : Thank you for your answer and I just want to say that all of you who takes : : care of bad treated and sick Ig’s are doing a wonderful thing and that I : : think Melissa Kaplans book Iguana For Dummies is have to have for all Iguana : : Owners.

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