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LisaC
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So this is where everyone came :main_cool3: (I used to frequent some other gecko forums and can't believe how slow they are now).
Anyways, I've come crawling back for ideas on what could be wrong with one of my girls. I took her in to see a vet on Wednesday when I first noticed a bit of blood coming from her vent. Unfortunately, I had called around and took the first appointment I could get, when I should have waited to find a reputable herp vet. So I've made another appointment for Tuesday with another vet.
Just to get the basics out of the way, I have two females and one male, all housed separately. They are housed on tile with an under tank heat of around 90. They have a hot side, a cold side, a humid hide and a couple other hides. They are fed mostly mealworms dusted with Calcium and D3, along with a vitamin mix every few feedings or so. Once every couple weeks they get either crickets, pinkies, superworms or something else just for something different.
My one male and one female have been fine, no problems with appetite, they are both regular and good weights. One of the females laid infertile eggs last year and never fully gained back her weight, still once she got her appetite back she's been fine until this spring. She lost her appetite about a month before laying her egg, still she remained active and hydrated. She finally laid one egg last week after a few warm water baths. I thought I had seen two eggs in her belly, so I'm not sure if maybe one was reabsorbed or she laid it and ate it (if either are even possible?). Then she had a good shed and I thought she'd get her appetite back, but no such luck and she has now lost most of the fat in her tail. I was just about to try force feeding her (well the putting food around her mouth and getting her to lick it off trick with Marica's slurry), when I noticed blood coming from her vent . So I took her in to see the vet two days ago. The vet couldn't really tell me what was wrong, but prescribed oral antibiotics and a liquid food called "Carnivore Care" to force feed her (if anyone has experience with this, please let me know). I'm not going to lie, I have a phobia with vets and herps since I've seen quite a few give horrible advice and just not really seem to care.
So anyways, here is a picture of her underside (sorry for the bad quality, I don't really know how to use my camera yet) as well as her vent with a bit of blood/poop looking goo. I can give her the antibiotics with not much problem, but the vet recommended force feeding 2-3 times a day. She hates the food and spits most of it up, so I'd really like to know others opinions of "Carnivore Care" before I continue to use it.
I will be asking the vet to do a fecal sample (it was not done by the last vet and I can't believe I forgot to ask). I just wasn't thinking parasites since the other two are very healthy and they have all been fed mostly mealworms bred by me. The vet I had seen said that x-rays and blood tests were next.
Thanks,
Lisa
Anyways, I've come crawling back for ideas on what could be wrong with one of my girls. I took her in to see a vet on Wednesday when I first noticed a bit of blood coming from her vent. Unfortunately, I had called around and took the first appointment I could get, when I should have waited to find a reputable herp vet. So I've made another appointment for Tuesday with another vet.
Just to get the basics out of the way, I have two females and one male, all housed separately. They are housed on tile with an under tank heat of around 90. They have a hot side, a cold side, a humid hide and a couple other hides. They are fed mostly mealworms dusted with Calcium and D3, along with a vitamin mix every few feedings or so. Once every couple weeks they get either crickets, pinkies, superworms or something else just for something different.
My one male and one female have been fine, no problems with appetite, they are both regular and good weights. One of the females laid infertile eggs last year and never fully gained back her weight, still once she got her appetite back she's been fine until this spring. She lost her appetite about a month before laying her egg, still she remained active and hydrated. She finally laid one egg last week after a few warm water baths. I thought I had seen two eggs in her belly, so I'm not sure if maybe one was reabsorbed or she laid it and ate it (if either are even possible?). Then she had a good shed and I thought she'd get her appetite back, but no such luck and she has now lost most of the fat in her tail. I was just about to try force feeding her (well the putting food around her mouth and getting her to lick it off trick with Marica's slurry), when I noticed blood coming from her vent . So I took her in to see the vet two days ago. The vet couldn't really tell me what was wrong, but prescribed oral antibiotics and a liquid food called "Carnivore Care" to force feed her (if anyone has experience with this, please let me know). I'm not going to lie, I have a phobia with vets and herps since I've seen quite a few give horrible advice and just not really seem to care.
So anyways, here is a picture of her underside (sorry for the bad quality, I don't really know how to use my camera yet) as well as her vent with a bit of blood/poop looking goo. I can give her the antibiotics with not much problem, but the vet recommended force feeding 2-3 times a day. She hates the food and spits most of it up, so I'd really like to know others opinions of "Carnivore Care" before I continue to use it.
I will be asking the vet to do a fecal sample (it was not done by the last vet and I can't believe I forgot to ask). I just wasn't thinking parasites since the other two are very healthy and they have all been fed mostly mealworms bred by me. The vet I had seen said that x-rays and blood tests were next.
Thanks,
Lisa
. Does anyone have a fact sheet about Crypto? She's housed in the same room as my other two and all I know is that it is very contagious and there's no cure.
