April 2022 Update Smaugy is still alive and well! :) She was completely rehabilitated at the time of this video and she continues to live a healthy and happy life!

Hello! My name is Abby and I want to share my bearded dragon, Smaug's, journey rehabilitating from gout. I got him in Jan 2018 and it took about a year to fully rehabilitate him. He is completely symptomfree as of April 2020. I'll include some timestamps in the comments section so it is easier to navigate. I tried to be as thorough as possible when making this. This is definitely the information that I WISH I had when Smaugy was diagnosed. If it can help one other bearded dragon it will have been worth it.

** Also, I do accidentally call Smaug a girl here. He is actually a boy! Both his previous owner and vet sexed him as a girl, but then realized later that she was actually a he when we looked at the femoral pores. I'm still getting used to the fact that I have a son instead of a daughter, and sometimes make the mistake of calling him a she. Especially since everyone had been calling him a her for about two years! All the information is still accurate though! **

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0:00 Introduction
2:35 How we got Smaug
5:38 First Symptoms
6:42 Brainstorming about what it could be
8:24 Taking Smaug to the exotic vet
9:03 Could it be Gout?
10:09 Smaug gets a Biopsy
10:45 Diagnosing the Gout
11:39 Allopurinol
12:59 Black Cherry Concentrate
13:42 Smaug's XRay
14:16 Tackling a picky eater
15:03 Hand feeding Smaug Baby Food
16:24 Decreasing symptoms!
16:44 First Salad since her diagnosis
17:52 Vet Update
18:52 Symptoms are gone!
19:28 Upkeep to avoid the Gout returning
19:57 Showing Smaugy and how well she is doing & her mobility
19:28 Short recap of video
20:45 Cost of Rehabilitation
24:52 Ask me anything!