https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/25572/is-this-lizard-gout-and-renal-disease I&#39;ve got a 19 month old bearded dragon patient, 2 weeks anorexic and lethargy, ataxic esp hindlegs, falls over if moves. I&#39;ve run in house bloods just now while wait for PALs results to come back and using reference ranges from my GPcert handouts,en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/176804?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 28 Mar 2017 09:57:26 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:51eb2f85-7ec0-46e7-971e-7f704fee595aSheryl Calway<p>Thanks Gillian,</p> <p>The husbandry (remarkably!) actually seems ok....except for nutrition....no vegetable matter at all!!! Just insects, insects and...let me think..oh yeah...more insects!</p> <p>I agree, I thought the joints looked more lytic than they should too and was leaning towards infection....but nothing major on the haematology is what led me to wonder if they could look that bad down to gout alone...</p> <p>I was also dubious about a 5 month brumation! And based on age now, it would have put her at around 14 months when she went into it...I was under the impression that if not well grown (which she&#39;s not) that would be on the young side....although do-able...but not for that long...</p> <p>So far so good with her progress so far though...fingers crossed...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/176652?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 25 Mar 2017 20:34:49 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:374ec922-7f86-43a9-bf56-5c0d8410f0b0Gillian Mostyn<p>Hard to see the radiographs on my phone but that carpus looks awful....If it is as lytic and fuzzy as it seems, I&#39;d say prognosis is guarded!!! &nbsp;Did you say all the joints are as bad?</p> <p>It could have started as gout, but there must be some secondary infection to get that bad. &nbsp;Any chance of a joint tap - although can be difficult to get anything??</p> <p>Bloods indicate significant dehydration.</p> <p>A 5 month brumation is very unlikely, unless the owners have really buggered up the husbandry!! The lizard has either been kept far too cold for too long, or has been ill for at least 5 months. &nbsp;I suspect the latter. What is the husbandry like? (As another exotics vet said this week, getting a good description of husbandry for a reptile is the same as getting a TPR in a mammal!)</p> <p>Mouth looks normal on that view.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/176494?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:17:15 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:aa187f8a-8161-47e1-bd94-83341dd9c3dbSheryl Calway<p>Sorry...I haven&#39;t worked out how to upload more than 1 pic to first post...?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/176493?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:15:13 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:1ac6087e-a840-42bb-952b-04a8dadd2582Sheryl Calway<p>Part 3/3 biochem</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/176492?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:14:44 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:ab725507-dd56-42fd-a8a5-0c039aaaa274Sheryl Calway<p>Part 2/3 biochem</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/176491?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:14:13 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:460b5aaa-89fc-4cb2-964f-2638ed60fcb0Sheryl Calway<p>Part 1/3 biochem results</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/176490?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:13:16 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:0ca7b9c0-8b0c-42b4-8988-a6c4febb4f51Sheryl Calway<p>oral cavity</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>