Leopard Gecko Kidney Failure

In January my leopard gecko had a really round abdomen. I took her to see a vet who turned out to be an absolute idiot. After seeing that vet 3 times I went to another vet who is absolutely amazing. This vet did some tests and found out my leopard gecko was in kidney failure. That same day she removed 18 mls of fluid from her belly. Nine months later she is still alive but still having issues. I have to remove fluid from her belly every few days. She has put on a lot of weight since January but still is much skinnier than when she was healthy. When she was first diagnosed I searched the internet like crazy and couldn't find anything about leopard gecko kidney failure. Even my vet who has been a vet for 25 years and has worked with everything from sea turtles to cats has never seen this in a gecko before. It has been very frustrating not to find any information online or even in medical books. This post is here to let people who might deal with the same thing with their leopard gecko.

               Healthy                                                                                            Before Fluid was removed

After fluid was removed

Guinea Pig Eye Problems

I recently lost my Guinea Pig after complications from surgery. She suddenly had a protruding eye and I rushed her to the vet. She needed surgery to have it removed. The day after surgery her other eye started doing the same thing. I had to put ointment in her eye every 4 hours to keep that eye from having the same problem. The vet told me there was a possibility that she had chronic dry eye. She said that eye problems aren't uncommon in guinea pigs. Another problem seen in guinea pigs, as I was told by my vet is a sensitivity to antibiotics. This sensitivity is ultimately what they think killed my guinea pig. My vet thinks that the antibiotics she was on after surgery killed off the good bacteria rather than the bad. She died very suddenly before I even had a chance to help her. This post is to raise awareness in this issue with guinea pigs. From the day her eye prolapsed to the day she died was 8 days. She was perfectly healthy before that. It was a very sudden loss.