Illinibunny
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I am new to the forum. I have an 8 year old female t. Kleinmannii who I took to the University of Wisconsin Vet School because she was exhibiting signs of egg binding. She had never laid before. An egg, too large to pass was found in her pelvis, but was successfully collapsed and removed via the cloaca under anesthesia two days ago. I have brought her home and she is in a hospital enclosure 85f., 50% humidity. She is very lethargic, and the vet school said I would do as well as they would for aftercare. She last ate four days ago. She was soaked and given sub-q fluids at the hospital and is on ceftazidime every 72 hours. She appears dehydrated as she has not urinated for at least 4 days, but defecated 4 days ago after a soak. A CT scan revealed nothing but a slight anomaly of the backbone. Calcium, including ionized calcium are high and liver and kidney values are normal. The large egg may have compressed the nerves in her hind legs, as they are weak. I have a Reptisun 10.0 bulb in the hospital enclosure that she seems to respond to. An endoscopic examination of the bowel and bladder revealed no obstruction. In short, the hospital could not find a thing wrong with her that would cause her to be so weak. I found your forum last night, and this morning soaked her for 25 minutes in Pedialyte which seemed to rally her a bit. Later today I will try the baby carrot food and vitamin soak. I have had her since she was 3 months old, and I am terrified that I will lose her. Please help. Her name is Buddy.