About your leo:
- Sex : F
- Age & Weight : 7 weeks, 3 grams
- How long have you owned your leo : almost 3 weeks
- Where was he/she obtained : Pet store
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo : every day
- Is your leo acting any different today? If so how does he/she normally act which differs from now.
She is acting normal, besides ignoring food
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe.
She has had two enemas in the last week to treat imapaction
B) Fecals
- Describe (look any different than normal)
first week, normal. half of second week, runny. second half of second week to now, no poops.
- When was the last time he/she went
pee last seen 3 days ago. poop last seen 6 days ago.
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on
Impaction, not eating still, so skinny
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size : 10 gallon
- Type : glass
- Type of substrate : carpet
- Hides, how many, what kind : 3. Moist, hot, cool
B) Heating
- Heat source : ceramic heat lamp, heating pad
- Cage temps : hot side 87(am) 74 (pm)
- Method of regulating heat source : Timer
- What are you using to measure your temps : 2 thermometers
- Do you have any lights : Only window light during daylight (window is about 10 feet away)
C) Cage mates
none
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding (how often, how much)
Before impaction, pinhead crickets
After impaction, carnivore care liquid diet
- How are you feeding
Before impaction, tongs worked great
After impaction, medicine syringe (drops of liquid diet on nose)
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- What vitamin/minerals are you using (list brands)
Zoo med Calcium (in a dish, also a small amount added to liquid diet)
Calcium with D3 (I only dusted a single cricket twice in the first week)
Gut loaded crickets
Oxbow Carnivore Care is current liquid diet
- What are you gut loading food with
Flukers cricket food and drink
My leopard gecko has been on a liquid diet for a week now. She hates it and barely eats most nights. I’ll spend half an hour to an hour just dotting her nose and waiting for her to lick it because she refuses to lick it from the tube. I’ve even tried waiting until she licks her face and then putting the tube near her mouth. She knows and just turns her head. Doesn't even run away, just turns her head like a diva. I’ve also tried crickets again and she won’t even try to eat them. It does not matter if they are alive, dead, legless, all legs, tong fed, different colored tong fed, hand fed or anything. She has had two enemas for impaction in the last week but has not pooped or peed in days. She seems to have thrown up her carnivore care at least once in this last week. I am also doing 10 minute baths 3 times a day. After each bath I give her a belly rub for 5-10 minutes. Sometimes longer because she enjoys them. I also exercise her every day.
What I am also worried about was she had a dark black spot on her side that I (and the vet) assumed to be an organ. However, her whole back is now black as if it is spreading. Best case scenario, it is the impaction slowly moving through her. But it doesn’t seem likely for some reason, maybe I’m just being pessimistic.
I’ve had her stools checked (when she was pooping) and found no crypto, no bad organisms of that sort. The vet literally said she thought it was just a small case of impaction. But it seems to have become more. She is hardly eating at all and I fear that after a week of partially eating a couple of drops of carnivore care each day, she will die soon. Please help.
- Sex : F
- Age & Weight : 7 weeks, 3 grams
- How long have you owned your leo : almost 3 weeks
- Where was he/she obtained : Pet store
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo : every day
- Is your leo acting any different today? If so how does he/she normally act which differs from now.
She is acting normal, besides ignoring food
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe.
She has had two enemas in the last week to treat imapaction
B) Fecals
- Describe (look any different than normal)
first week, normal. half of second week, runny. second half of second week to now, no poops.
- When was the last time he/she went
pee last seen 3 days ago. poop last seen 6 days ago.
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem and how long it has been going on
Impaction, not eating still, so skinny
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size : 10 gallon
- Type : glass
- Type of substrate : carpet
- Hides, how many, what kind : 3. Moist, hot, cool
B) Heating
- Heat source : ceramic heat lamp, heating pad
- Cage temps : hot side 87(am) 74 (pm)
- Method of regulating heat source : Timer
- What are you using to measure your temps : 2 thermometers
- Do you have any lights : Only window light during daylight (window is about 10 feet away)
C) Cage mates
none
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding (how often, how much)
Before impaction, pinhead crickets
After impaction, carnivore care liquid diet
- How are you feeding
Before impaction, tongs worked great
After impaction, medicine syringe (drops of liquid diet on nose)
B) Supplements (describe how often)
- What vitamin/minerals are you using (list brands)
Zoo med Calcium (in a dish, also a small amount added to liquid diet)
Calcium with D3 (I only dusted a single cricket twice in the first week)
Gut loaded crickets
Oxbow Carnivore Care is current liquid diet
- What are you gut loading food with
Flukers cricket food and drink
My leopard gecko has been on a liquid diet for a week now. She hates it and barely eats most nights. I’ll spend half an hour to an hour just dotting her nose and waiting for her to lick it because she refuses to lick it from the tube. I’ve even tried waiting until she licks her face and then putting the tube near her mouth. She knows and just turns her head. Doesn't even run away, just turns her head like a diva. I’ve also tried crickets again and she won’t even try to eat them. It does not matter if they are alive, dead, legless, all legs, tong fed, different colored tong fed, hand fed or anything. She has had two enemas for impaction in the last week but has not pooped or peed in days. She seems to have thrown up her carnivore care at least once in this last week. I am also doing 10 minute baths 3 times a day. After each bath I give her a belly rub for 5-10 minutes. Sometimes longer because she enjoys them. I also exercise her every day.
What I am also worried about was she had a dark black spot on her side that I (and the vet) assumed to be an organ. However, her whole back is now black as if it is spreading. Best case scenario, it is the impaction slowly moving through her. But it doesn’t seem likely for some reason, maybe I’m just being pessimistic.
I’ve had her stools checked (when she was pooping) and found no crypto, no bad organisms of that sort. The vet literally said she thought it was just a small case of impaction. But it seems to have become more. She is hardly eating at all and I fear that after a week of partially eating a couple of drops of carnivore care each day, she will die soon. Please help.
