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Okay, the results are in and it's MBD. The legs are all splayed out because she was affected since young, and had no strength to lift her body off the ground. That's why the joints developed the way it did. The vet recommended that I prop the rear up by attaching a small platform to her...
Noted on that point. Thanks for that! But it still doesn't answer the question of why she's so sluggish (like literally! crawling on her belly and all) because she came to us like that.. I'm afraid it might be MBD. I'm seeing a vet the coming Monday though. They don't have any earlier...
For the 7 days I've owned her:
- Currently housed in a 4ft tank.
- Feeding raw chicken meat and gizzards dusted with calcium powder +d3 and multi-vits. Grapes & oranges on occasion.
- 160w basking light with full daylight spectrum and UVB, placed about 50cm above the tank
- Ambient temp about...
Hey,
I bought a 5 - 8 mth old tegu about 3 days ago, and I'm not sure that it's all that okay. For one thing, she walks different from the tegus I've seen on youtube, sort of dragging herself on the belly.
She's also very sluggish when she moves, and not active at all. She just lies in her...