Need advice. Long story short. I noticed back swollen legs on my 6 yr old sulcata. Took to vet and of course, he wouldnt allow her to see.. she gave antibiotic injection... Stopped eating, was moving but not as active, it's winter here so his winter accommodations are a 10x8 heated shed. Summertime he roams entire property.. So about 2 weeks later, vet sedated to see legs, cleaned up, liquid bandage, and another round of antibiotics. Took 5 days to come out of anesthesia, hasnt eaten, not walking. Very lethargic. SInce surgery ive kept in my house with bulbs on him to keep him from substrate and infection. Wasnt responsive to me scratching foot so tried irritating him enough to walk and noticed he wasnt descending right leg.. finally did and noticed his joint area was so swollen and raw it couldnt extend. that triggered me to call the vet.. well, she never worked on his right leg and i learned she couldnt sedate him enough to hydrate. Ive since learned the antibiotic injections (he's now had 3) are doing more harm than good. I had her dremel the shell so that it would have a chance to heal. She immediately is assuming kidney failure. Yes, i know the only way to tell is to get bloodwork .. but just as i dont want her to sedate him again to work on right leg, sedation is just not healthy for him at this point, she indicated she could not hydrate unless sedated but ive read other posts where vets have hydrated without sedation. If she couldnt do it once i am not putting him through it again.. now yesterday it was somewhat nice out 66 degrees..i put him outside and he walked and went right to his "spot" that he goes to in summer which makes me think, he's coherent enough to remember. But walking is just scraping the skin off his legs, catch 22. Has anyone seen this type of inflammation in the legs? of course today, it's snowing plus again i dont want him to keep irritating it. I spoke with a sulcata rescue last night, very knowledgeable and he said i could actually force feed, i am still questioning how even i got his head out, how willing he would be to open his mouth.. Ive seen other posts about inserting a tube an wondering also, what technique you used to pry open. Attached is pic of my nightmare yesterday. BTW surgery was last tuesday.