HelpForSwissgar
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Hi, I have 11 moth old black and white Tegu named Swissgar. I took him off a friend's hands who had no idea what he was doing with him, as I will tell in a second. I adopted him about a month ago, and did my introductory research and now understand a problem which may have given him complications, leading up to this point. Sometime during his unfortunate stay with my friend, he developed MBD, which is why his back legs won't work, and his spine between his rear legs is arched. He is currently just under 14 inches, and since I got him I've been feeding him bananas, turkey, and watermelon, with supplements as well. Today he was his usual not so cheery self, but climbed out of his burro, and just sat up on his shelf. I went over to his tank and picked him up in my hand and held him for a bit, he seemed tired, but alive. He moved around his tank for a bit and then set himself back up upon his shelf. About 4 hours passed and I saw him, just sitting there on his shelf, so I went to pick him up again. This is where my emergency is, I picked him up and he was stiff and cold, not moving and his eyes are half open. Is he dead or brumating? I don't understand what is happening? I understand that during brumation tegus breathing slows and heart beat slowed dramatically, but do they stiffen? His 3.5ftx2.5ft tank with a UVB is at a constant 85degrees at night, and during the day his tank gets to about 95 degrees. I am very afraid that he may have passed tonight, but I have heard of strange **** that tegus can do, it is 10:40 at night and the nearest HERP vet is 180 miles away. Please tell me that the little guy is just sleeping, and that he is not off to the farm in the green countryside.
