My Bearded Dragon has Gout

Poor Gizmo my 8yr old female has suffered with gout on and off for the last year and a half, first time she got it her back right leg knee joint swelled up with fluid & uric acid and the poor girl couldn't walk but after 3days intersive treatment and alot of money spent we sorted it and it went away, but over a year later her toe swelled up on her left front foot and every month or so the vet would lance the toe and we'd use rehydration treatment to get the swelling to go back down until recently when the rehydration treatment failed to work and the toe swelled up so much it was rubbing on the toe next to it and made the swollen toe sore where the scales had become seperated as you can see in these pics.



so yesterday we went back to see the vet with her and he again lanced her toe but this time decided the treatment we would use is one i'll have to give her for the rest of her life called Allopurinol tablets crushed up and mixed with water to help reduce the uric acid leavels and hopefully stop it happening all together. Heres her toe after he lanced it



Unfortunately for Gizmo this could of all been avoided if she would eat veg like a beardy her age should instead of livefood.



Here's some pics of Gizmo and Tiny in there viv yesterday before the vets trip







Gizmo is sulking today after the vet sticking a needle in her toe yesterday and squeezing the gunk out

awwww such beautiful lizards

I love the feel of bearded dragons.. because im weird.. but i like stroking their rough backs and their spines on their sides

awwww poor beardie.. her toe looks sooo sore I hope she's okay soon.

they are beautiful lizards and we may be taking on another soon if its owners cant get it to accept the other one they have



i love the feel of them 2 so your not that wierd



Her toe is really sore and she wont let me wash it today like the vet told me to so i'll have to wait till gary gets home and he can help me

awww lucky you

hahaha thats okay then I don't feel so weird now

Aww, poor thing. It is so terrible when our pets are in pain because we can't explain to them that we are doing things for their own good:(

she is funny tho cos she'll happily take the medacine without any fuss as long as she's sat on my lap bless her she's washing her own toe in there water bowl for me right now

Silly reptiles know whats best for themselves anyway! haha

Poor girl... looks like her fore arm on that leg is also a bit swollen... this will teach ya kiddies... eat your veggies



Hope it all works out sam... keeping you and giz in our thoughts

She has quite chubby front legs cos she is slighty over weight for her size

It should work out kel and thanks

poor Gizmo is off back to the vets today as her left front foot/foreleg has swollen up but funny the other 4toes haven't

awww that sucks but at least all the toes aren't involved this time... is the vet sure it's gout cause that usually attacks the joints not the long bones... poor lil thing

the silly girl has managed to get a infection from the hole the vet put in the toe to get the uric acid build up out, she did this by bathing in her water bowl bless her even tho i clean it out daily and was cleaning the toe daily with tamodine. So now aswell as her Allopurinol she is being given baytril daily now but she does love all the attension she gets from me and gary when shes out

awwww i hope she's okay

yeah she should be fine thanks sarah will let you all know how she's getting on over the next few days

Aw man poor girl just can't win it seems but I know with you and gary in charge of her care she'll be right as rain in no time.

thanks Kel. I hope she'll be ok as she was my first reptile

hope she gets better soon

thank you Sarah

good news the swelling from the infection has started to go down yay

WOOOO! thats great news! I hope she's all better soon!

Aww! I am so glad she is doing better! Keep up the great work in caring for her, and keep us updated!

That's just great now lets just send good vibes to avoid any future flair ups once she's feelin all better you're gonna have to sit down and have a talk with that gal about eating her veggies

thanks for everyones support I tryied to have a chat with her yesterday Kel but she ran straight to gary as if to say daddy dont let her try to change my diet