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Hi, I wanted to introduce you guys to my bearded dragon, Paco.
He's a rescue and according to my exotic veterinarian, he has a congenital joint problem. He's paraplegic and unable to use his limbs for anything useful really.
He is able to scoot around but we do assist feed him by playing "airplane" with him when offering crickets.
After I adopted him we took him to Dr. Greek who informed me that he's a healthy boy who just needs extra help. This was last year.
This year, for his yearly check up, I volunteered him for a complete blood panel because although he was active, alert and responsive 1) he seemed a little underweight 2) I was worried because he's nowhere near the size of other beaded dragons I've seen who are a year old and 3) at a veterinary conference in San Diego an exotic vet said that it's ideal to get annual blood work for reptiles.
Dr. Greek assured me that some lizards just grow slower and everything I've been doing is fine but recommended I feed him 4 cc of repti-boost every day until he gains weight. However, his lab results came in a few days after the exam and all his values were perfect except for his blood sugar which was 400 when the highest normal range is 180 according to my vet (he was fasted for . He said there's not a lot of research done on reptile diabetes and there's really nothing I could do besides to keep him happy.
I just wanted to know if anyone else has a reptile with high blood sugar? And what your experiences have been?
I can't answer your question regarding reptile diabetes, but I wanted to say thank you for taking such good care of Paco! It's wonderful to see people like you love their dragons even though they aren't "perfect." The video was hilarious!
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