That's what we're hoping will work for Falkor. The odd ball part about his case
is that the swelling changes throughout the day. When he wakes up, the swelling
is all but gone, it still doesn't get AS bad but periodically through the day
his left eye will swell a little more for anywhere from 5 minutes to 1 hour. The
exposed muscle around his eye turns blood red, and he'll start trying to scratch
it. His right eye will sometimes swell, but no extra redness. Tiny Tim ever have
that happen? Just curious if there is anything I can do to relieve the itching,
I plan to ask my vet as well later today. Thanks


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> Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 07:15:42 +0000
> Subject: [AdvancedIguanaCare] Falkor
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rest of the bones for fractures? Is it worth the money to do that, or is there
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