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Iguana Rehab: Bean
UPDATE: BEAN has been adopted!!!
"Princess Bean" - 09.30.02
Bean just keeps looking better and better!
"Princess Bean" UPDATE:
08.12.02
As you can see, Miss Bean is coming along
nicely, eating Deb out of house and home and getting
greener by the day (thanks to the much appreciated
donation of a Merc vapor bulb)! This loveable girl
is going to make a great companion for the lucky
guy or gal who gets to adopt her! Check back soon
for Bean's one-month progress pics!
"Princess
Bean"
07.28.2002
This is Bean. She was brought to me (Deborah) by
Darry (Triangle Iguana Rescue member) one Saturday
morning. I was aware she was post-spay (previously
egg bound), and generally female igs are thin and
dehydrated after the strain of egg production. I
was flabbergasted by the shriveled up creature Darry
handed me. She was obviously malnourished - you
could see every bone in her body! She was so dehydrated
her face was sunken in and her skin just hung there.
The claws on her front two feet are missing and
she was quite weak. Her nose was raw from rubbing
against a previous enclosure.
She was so weak she could not climb the tree branch
leading to her heat lamps in her enclosure, so we
had to make her a special enclosure with an inclined
ramp so she could easily thermo regulate herself
once she some strength back.
Although she was eating, I was very concerned about
her dehydration (kidneys need hydration to function).
The first night, I stayed awake encouraging her
to drink water through a syringe every 3 hours in
hopes of replacing some fluid she lost somewhere
along the way.
The next day I gave her 2cc of yogurt to kick her
gut flora into gear. Later that afternoon she ate
small pieces of the iguana den diet with great gusto!
I was thrilled!!!! Since then, her appetite improved,
however, her dehydration problem remained.
I wanted to get her to the vet as soon as possible,
but unfortunately, my vet was out of town and I
couldn't get her an appointment until Wednesday
afternoon! Luckily, she continued to eat and take
water without difficulty.
Wednesday afternoon arrived, and we were off to
see the vet. After the examination, he said “99%”
of her problems were either dehydration/malnutrition
or directly caused by it. He gave her a 50/50 chance
of survival. Armed with new info, medications and
a sense of hope, Princess Bean and I returned home.
Bean is definitely a fighter and wasn’t about
to give up, so I couldn't give up on her!!!
Stay tuned as we struggle to keep our Princess
on the road to recovery.
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