Hello everyone
My 7 month tegu, Cinnabun, just passed away. I’m not sure if it was me that was the problem, but the vets said it seems he had been unhealthy from the start. He was 6 months old when i got him, but he was barely bigger than a hatchling. Extremely undersized, they speculate his immune system was low from the get-go. He got a prolapse a few weeks ago and i was giving him antibiotics for an infection, though it seems the meds weren’t enough.
He was refusing food but appeared to be feeling fine. Today i was going to bring him in for a dose of B12, because its a good appetite stimulant for reptiles. I found him unconscious but not burrowed — he was in really bad shape already. He had another prolapse and was dehydrated, and the vets said it was due to the infection, his body just gave up. He wasn’t showing any signs apart from not eating, but the breeder and the vets kept telling me to “give him time” because he was stressed from his previous prolapse, his new environment, etc. I still feel like i should have done more, but i tried everything on the forums and was about to try the B12.
I live in the Philippines and so my sources for tegus is extremely limited :-( I should have listened to my gut because i KNEW he was too small, but i was just so excited. I thought i was being careful, i was so meticulous with the temperature and humidity. I bathed him, basked him, everything. I still feel like there was something i did wrong, and I’m trying to figure out if i was negligent in any way.
Should i even bother getting another one and trying again? I’m so scared it was something I did.
My 7 month tegu, Cinnabun, just passed away. I’m not sure if it was me that was the problem, but the vets said it seems he had been unhealthy from the start. He was 6 months old when i got him, but he was barely bigger than a hatchling. Extremely undersized, they speculate his immune system was low from the get-go. He got a prolapse a few weeks ago and i was giving him antibiotics for an infection, though it seems the meds weren’t enough.
He was refusing food but appeared to be feeling fine. Today i was going to bring him in for a dose of B12, because its a good appetite stimulant for reptiles. I found him unconscious but not burrowed — he was in really bad shape already. He had another prolapse and was dehydrated, and the vets said it was due to the infection, his body just gave up. He wasn’t showing any signs apart from not eating, but the breeder and the vets kept telling me to “give him time” because he was stressed from his previous prolapse, his new environment, etc. I still feel like i should have done more, but i tried everything on the forums and was about to try the B12.
I live in the Philippines and so my sources for tegus is extremely limited :-( I should have listened to my gut because i KNEW he was too small, but i was just so excited. I thought i was being careful, i was so meticulous with the temperature and humidity. I bathed him, basked him, everything. I still feel like there was something i did wrong, and I’m trying to figure out if i was negligent in any way.
Should i even bother getting another one and trying again? I’m so scared it was something I did.
