took in a rescue last night i need some advice and help PLEASE!!

[osmbr1]

ok he is in bad shape and was kept with no uvb and was not fed right at all, he wasnt really fed at all by the looks of him, he cant really walk well definately has mbd and maybe a small ri i raised his temps to proper temps. he is in a completely temperary holding tank just for today.....here we go

this is how skinny he is

this video is of him right when i got him he is on aspen only for today i didnt want to keep him on the dirty reptibark they had and is the only thing i had other than paper towels, soo here it is please give me any advice on him that you can maybe to help with the mbd i gave him calcium last night on ground turkey eat ate a lil but cant really eat to well right now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgnyPkakscQ

 

[naturboy87]

my tegu i rescued he was 2 years and still eating crickets and was so week could not even make it acrost the room. But lots of food and natural sun light for geting him going espeshaly i would recemend and a veriety of diferent foods w cal and vids . it will take a munth or two but should be ok w good care the best of luck with your poor guy.

 

[Bubblz Calhoun]

It needs to see a Vet.

MBD depending on how severe or early it's caught can be corrected in some cases. It's young and seems to be having issues with just it's front right leg so it could be an injury instead of MBD. On top of that you need to rule out poss parasites and RI which will only make its recovery more difficult if it does have them.

Until it gets to a Vet keep water available and give it a bath to help rehydrate. If it's hungry and eats offer small meals more often as opposed to one large or decent sized. You don't want to add more stress on his system from one large meal.

From here on out everything he eats should have calcium in it. If you have some chicken legs in the freezer you can cut up a few, bones and all and add it to his meals. When you get a chance pick up some chicken backs, necks or even turkey backs or necks since they have more bone than meat. If turkey make sure they're small unless you have a butcher or some way to process it and get it into smaller pieces.

Depending on where you are try and get him out side or some where to bask in natural sunlight. I went through a similar situation this summer with Natsuki. With those three things, Natural Sun, Hydration and Food w/calcium you should see an improvement over night but it needs to see a Vet.

 

[osmbr1]

yes i know im taking him to the vet thanks alot for your input im getting a powersun bulb today for him after work ill be soaking him everyday and feeding him in small amounts more often sounds like a very good idea and calcium with d3 will be added to everything he gets hope he pulls through!!

 

[teguboy77]

Well its good the poor dang thing is getting the right care now,that type of stuff right there really gets me pissed,some people are just plan stupied.But again its good to see caring people like osmbr1,taking the right steps to help the poor tegu smh.:dodgy:

 

[osmbr1]

Well its good the poor dang thing is getting the right care now,that type of stuff right there really gets me pissed,some people are just plan stupied.But again its good to see caring people like osmbr1,taking the right steps to help the poor tegu smh.:dodgy:

thanks alot i actually went there to purchase him for $80 then when i got there i said im not paying 80 but i will take him and try and get him better i didnt feel right leaving him with the person that didnt want to feed or provide the proper care for him she said he was healthy and doing good wow idk i just hope he can pull through.

 

[DragonsDen]

ok he is in bad shape and was kept with no uvb and was not fed right at all, he wasnt really fed at all by the looks of him, he cant really walk well definately has mbd and maybe a small ri i raised his temps to proper temps. he is in a completely temperary holding tank just for today.....here we go

this is how skinny he is

this video is of him right when i got him he is on aspen only for today i didnt want to keep him on the dirty reptibark they had and is the only thing i had other than paper towels, soo here it is please give me any advice on him that you can maybe to help with the mbd i gave him calcium last night on ground turkey eat ate a lil but cant really eat to well right now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgnyPkakscQ

Good luck!! I hope that all goes well for you and your new tegu! Would love to know his progress!

 

[osmbr1]

i will be updating it as much as i can from last night to this morning he was moving around more last night he was cold as (****) but i left the heat lamp on him all night so he could worm up with a nice 107 basking spot (surface temp) and he seemed a lil more lively still cant walk good but i think he will be better soon (i hope)

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and i forgot to add he is 1.5 years old as said by the last owner and this small?!?!

 

[osmbr1]

Lil update went and got a 10.0 reptisun tube light today vitamin d3 and im soaking him to get him hydrated