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    Re: Trip to the vet

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    Re: Trip to the vet

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    awesome! Sounds like a pretty versitile drug! Thank you for the link

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    I am a bit confused...is it a mouth infection or respiratory infection...or both? Sounds like a little of both. If the mouth was infected from substrate...definitely start feeding her away from the substrate...she could also ingest some and get an intestinal blockage which is very dangerous. Glad you took her to the vet! Sounds like she will be on the mend soon. Keep us posted. My eastern female has chronic respiratory infections that can usually be kept at bay by increasing the heat and humidity in her tank. I have to watch carefully that she doesn't get too cold or dehydrated. If it's a respiratory infection...increasing the heat and humidity a bit can help along with the antibiotics. If you have any questions...I'm here to help!
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    Re: Trip to the vet

    Quote Originally Posted by EasternGirl View Post
    I am a bit confused...is it a mouth infection or respiratory infection...or both? Sounds like a little of both. If the mouth was infected from substrate...definitely start feeding her away from the substrate...she could also ingest some and get an intestinal blockage which is very dangerous. Glad you took her to the vet! Sounds like she will be on the mend soon. Keep us posted. My eastern female has chronic respiratory infections that can usually be kept at bay by increasing the heat and humidity in her tank. I have to watch carefully that she doesn't get too cold or dehydrated. If it's a respiratory infection...increasing the heat and humidity a bit can help along with the antibiotics. If you have any questions...I'm here to help!
    The vet said it was a mouth infection (the bleeding) and if she DOES have a resp. infection, the antibiotics will take care of it too. Considering our house is chilly, she's got a nice light directly on top of her cage and a nice heating pad, so heat isn't an issue. She of course has a cooler side to go to if she gets too warm. And I don't think she's impacted because she poops a lot still and the vets checked her out. I will keep everyone posted, thanks so much guys~

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    I'm happy to hear that you saw this in time. Good to know you are watchin' her closely to see things like this. You make for a good keeper of the garter.
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    Good luck and keep us posted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kueluck View Post
    I'm happy to hear that you saw this in time. Good to know you are watchin' her closely to see things like this. You make for a good keeper of the garter.
    She's too sweet and cute to just ignore. <3 She's growing more and more on me :P

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    Re: Trip to the vet

    She seems to be doing much better and is enjoying her worms every other day. She doesn't seem to be breathing out of her mouth as much anymore and she doesn't seem to be in as much pain as she was. I tried to handle her yesterday and she was flailing around like she didn't want to be picked up though.

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