Hey, all. Hopefully this is in the right forum. If not, please move it to the correct one.
Anyway, so my yearling All-American has been pretty constipated this past week, and after trying the usual remedies (upping heat, bathing, massaging, mineral oil, etc.) I finally decided it was time to take her to the vet. She's been pretty bloated, pushes real hard when trying to defecate with getting only a little bit of liquid out. She was given an xray, and $150 later I found that shes got a load of 4 or 5 rocks in her gut, that shes apparently been finding and eating. She's having a hard time passing them just because of the size of them relative to her pelvis. The vet said my options were pretty limited, with surgery or euthanasia as basically my only options. She also suggested putting her under an anesthetic and then trying to massage them out, though the vet didn't sound too confident that it would work. It was pretty heartbreaking to hear, and I told them I'd like a day or so to think about what I wanted to do. I come to you asking for advice on what the best course of action would be? Surgery is pretty expensive, and seeing that shes only a year old and as such fairly small, could be a very risky maneuver that she may not even wake up from. Either way, I'd seriously appreciate some input. The last thing I wanna have to do is bury my little girl =(
thanks guys.
Anyway, so my yearling All-American has been pretty constipated this past week, and after trying the usual remedies (upping heat, bathing, massaging, mineral oil, etc.) I finally decided it was time to take her to the vet. She's been pretty bloated, pushes real hard when trying to defecate with getting only a little bit of liquid out. She was given an xray, and $150 later I found that shes got a load of 4 or 5 rocks in her gut, that shes apparently been finding and eating. She's having a hard time passing them just because of the size of them relative to her pelvis. The vet said my options were pretty limited, with surgery or euthanasia as basically my only options. She also suggested putting her under an anesthetic and then trying to massage them out, though the vet didn't sound too confident that it would work. It was pretty heartbreaking to hear, and I told them I'd like a day or so to think about what I wanted to do. I come to you asking for advice on what the best course of action would be? Surgery is pretty expensive, and seeing that shes only a year old and as such fairly small, could be a very risky maneuver that she may not even wake up from. Either way, I'd seriously appreciate some input. The last thing I wanna have to do is bury my little girl =(
thanks guys.
. My Vet gave me a date on when to give her the surgery if she hasn't pooped it out ( that would of been another two weeks later ). The day she would of had to get her surgery she pooped out the object. Our Leonidas ate some rocks before, too, and he pooped them out. Is your Tegu eating on her own ( if you would give her some baby food ) or would you have to force feed her ? In case you would have to force feed her and don't know how I'll post a link to my video. Good luck with everything and please keep us posted. I'm sorry for making it so long. Oh, one more thing. How is she acting ? Is she walking around fine and is alert or does she seem very weak ? 
