Recent content by Arconna

I suspected that such would be an issue, so I've been mixing the powdered stuff I have in with the food I'm feeding him. His brother (half or quarter brother, I think) had MBD, so I was concerned. The swelling hasn't gone down though, so is the powdered stuff not easily synthesized in his system?

I have a sick leo. He has lost a lot of weight and had an eye infection and two seminal plugs removed in recent months. He's not eating on his own, but is still very active and will take a puree food diet from me without problems. But most of his limbs have this bizarre swelling on them...

I thought I'd update you all. It wasn't a prolapse after all. He had two seminal plugs. They were removed and while he is a bit swollen down there (for obvious reasons), he's looking much better. No blood in his urates and feces, and he looks okay. His eye did have a small corneal ulcer on...

Update: I decided to give him a warm soak, since it seemed like that was what was recommended elsewhere. I'm changing his vet appt w/ one of my other leos, since the other one looks much better and can wait. I hope it's nothing too terribly serious. I've had a lot of sick leos recently and...

Do you have a picture? I had two fractures on one of my geckos way back when when I didn't know enough, and we had him on calcium and his legs healed right up after a few weeks. I don't know if that's something that can be done here, but they're supposed to be rather resilient creatures than...

I'm having similar issues and my vet told me that sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between what is "gunk" and what is the little lid that slips over their eyes when they close them. Make sure you know the difference before you try to dig it out. I doubt that's what it is, since it...

I'm taking him to the vet on Monday if I can, but I wanted to know what I can do to help him right now. My gecko Herbert showed some milkiness in his eye recently and I thought it was a result of his bad shed, so I gave him some meds and when I came back to check on him later in the day I...

Pretty sure these are spoken for. I'll update if they are not. Thanks!

(This is part of a collection of sales, so if you're interested in leopard geckos too, I will have some of those up for sale eventually as well). Here are the pictures, first off: Turtles: http://tinypic.com/r/16iz96p/5 Here's the basic story: I'm moving to Florida from California in a few...

One of my geckos has been having some shedding issues as of late and then I noticed this bulge just above his vent and I'm a bit concerned here. There was some unshed skin around the section where his little spikes are and still is (I stopped trying to get it off for now because it was...

Do you mean heatpacks like these? http://www.amazon.com/Heat-Factory-Large-Hour-Warmers/dp/B000FXWINO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1199735571&sr=1-3

We just had a power outage for the last three days here in SC and it was a living heck...I went through so many of those little hand warmer things from the sports store. So I'm here asking if anyone has a recommendation of a better, more efficient and longer lasting product that I could use in...

Just wanted to let everyone know I found the tortoise a home. I think it's a good home, so thanks!

I would if my darned digital camera wouldn't eat up my batteries like crazy. I'll do my best to get a picture. Mostly it's his front left arm, but it looks like it is getting better, though I might not ever go back to normal. It wasn't as bad as I have seen. I had to have an animal I rescued...

I know most of you guys only deal with lizards and geckos, but I figure maybe someone would be interested here, or knows someone who will be. I have a small Sulcata, about 4 or 5 inches, still a baby, that I want to find a proper home for. Just a little history: I took this animal in...