Found this beardie online yesterday and sent my friend to buy him for $25. Look at his tail! :( No wonder he is so aggressive-- that tail is disgustingly swollen.
Thankfully, he rehomed all his beardies except this one who he said was too aggressive.
My friend picked him up and took him home. Not only was his tail super infected, one of his fingers has been infected for so long that the bones have been eaten away.
She kept trying to put him on the counter and he kept trying to climb back onto her shoulder. He did not want to be put down. She did give him some fluids and a little food.
Aggressive? Really? Try scared, in pain, and neglected. Poor buddy.
I attempted to remove infection from his tail, but the tissue is so diseased that the infection has replaced the healthy tissue. It will have to be amputated. His finger infection has spread so badly that at least part of his hand will have to be removed too.
He is in rough shape, but he is still spunky. It was a relief this morning when he woke up. He's so happy to be warm that he's been spending all his time on his heated cornbag and under his blanket.
I have a vet appt this morning and Ziggy will be in surgery around 11:30 am. Today starts the first day of the rest of his "happily ever after." He'll be on antibiotics for a long time, and I suspect that his infection got into his bones & blood stream. Once a beardie gets a systemic infection, it is almost impossible to get rid of all of the small pockets of pus. He will most likely be like Spike, my third rescue, and will fight infection for the rest of his life until it eventually kills him. But at least he is out of that crummy greenhouse in a place where he is loved & cared for.
It will be a month or so before he's ready to be adopted, but I am intent on finding him a home where he is adored and cherished!
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| This is Ziggy this morning. I was happy he was alive! |
