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02-JUN-2009 C. Evans

Saved

Thousand Oaks, CA

Every centimeter on this horribly abused bearded dragon is
nothing but skin & bone; for one who loves rep's, this was
very disturbing to come across! He had no heat source, no
water & the only food I saw in his tank was f*cking POPCORN!

So I did what I had to do, and stole him; right in front of
a group of peeps & ya know what? Not a single one of them
noticed the pathetic lil' critter I was holding with my hand
upon my shoulder.

Not sure he will make it thru, so we have tentatively named
him/her "Saved". He is so weak he can't support himself, &
his jaw is so soft, he can't eat. It makes me angry & ill!

I have fed him 6 of the soft square bites made for beardies,
squishing them between my fingers to make them soft & then
opening his mouth as I gently put the bites in. I attempted
to give him 2 more bites earlier today, but I ended up taking
them out, as he did not seem to have eaten the bites I had
already given him. (I discovered this to my horror as I could
see down his throat as I opened his soft jaw!)

Sooo, I dunno if popcorn has become impacted & he cannot eat,
or if he's just so far emaciated that there is nothing I can
do for him at this point, but try to make him comfortable..

Ugh! HELP! I'm open to any suggestions!!
Thanx & please say a prayer for Saved!!
Purpod

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purpod09-Dec-2011 06:39
Felix, No, the poor animal did not survive; Preacher made me give it to him & said he would take it to the vet the following day... however, he did not take it until the following day; by then, pooor Saved was dead.
It caused such a rift between my preacher & I that I have not been back to church since :-(
Anytime a preacher chooses to be PC over following the Bible, he is not the preacher for me!
Very sad indeed. And just FYI, I turned in the entire Christian School Board & my preacher, to the ASPCA...
felix 08-Dec-2011 00:14
what a shame! did he survive?
Ilene Aron 17-Jun-2009 19:25
Hi Colleen (sp?) it's Ilene. We met at Rick's Japanese the other day when I had my beardie on my shoulder. I am apalled, to say the least. I would have done the same thing (stealing him and trying to nurse him). I hope that the person/people responsible for this are brought to justice, although we know that probably won't happen. I just don't understand how people can see bones poking out and think that an animal is just fine.
purpod02-Jun-2009 22:15
Most kind of you; thank you very much for any info or suggestions you might have on nursing Saved back to health again!
larose forest photos02-Jun-2009 22:05
Good for you! This poor animal.... I'd have done the same. I'll see if I can find out info for you.