isabelly
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- 19
- Location
- California
About your leo:
- Sex: female
- Age & Weight: 9 months, was 42g at last vet visit but she dropped her tail so is probably less now. Waiting on my gram scale to be delivered. She looks slightly thinner than when I first got her but doesn’t look like she’s quickly dropped weight or is significantly underweight.
- How long have you owned your leo: a little over a month
- Where was he/she obtained: breeder
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo: She had a tail injury several weeks ago and dropped her tail, so unfortunately I had to handle her twice daily for medication and ointment. It’s been about 2 weeks since her last med administration and I’ve just been putting my hand in her tank for her to inspect when she wants to, no handling outside of tank maintenance 1x weekly to change out her paper towels.
- Is your leo acting any different today? If so how does he/she normally act which differs from now: She’s been active, roaming around from hide to hide and exploring so no different.
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe: Tail injury that led to dropped tail a few weeks ago.
B) Fecals
- Describe: normal (solid brown + white urate)
- When was the last time he/she went: 6 days ago
C) Problem
I’m a little concerned about Isabela’s eating habits + bowel movements. She injured her tail pretty shortly after I got her, so I was unsurprised by her lack of appetite while I was medicating her/having to handle her regularly, but since I stopped her medication and her tail’s been growing back she’s been active, curious when I’m in the room, and has sometimes licked my hand or walked on it when I put it in her tank.
I’ve been offering her food daily in the hopes that she won’t drop weight, and what I find odd is that she’ll eat the first 1 or 2 worms I drop in front of her warm hide (mix of gut loaded mealworms and waxworms) but then will turn her nose up at all subsequent worms I offer her. Sometimes I’ll get her to eat 2 worms in one sitting, but she’s probably consuming about 4-6 worms a week at the moment. She occasionally will lick a dusted one and then lose interest, but I’ve seen her eat out of her calcium dish so clearly she doesn’t mind the taste of it.
I think she’s eaten about 6 worms total since her last bowel movement about a week ago, and I haven’t found any poop in her tank. Her last one was normal and her warm side temps are between 88-93 in her warm hide so I’m wondering if there’s anything I can do to encourage her to poop or if it’s normal to go this long if she hasn’t eaten a whole lot? Also wondering if the lack of appetite is normal 2 weeks after her last medication/stressful handling.
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size: 20L
- Type: glass with screen top
- Type of substrate: paper towel
- Hides, how many, what kind: 1 cool dry, 1 moist between warm and cool side, 1 warm dry
B) Heating
- Heat source: UTH covering 1/3 of tank
- Cage temps: cool side floor temps around 70-75, warm side floor temps between 83-93 (88-93 in her warm hide)
- Method of regulating heat source: thermostat with probe
- What are you using to measure your temps: 1 digital thermometer with probe on cool side, thermostat with probe on warm side, temp gun to confirm floor temps
- Do you have any lights: No
C) Cage mates
- How many: N/A
- Describe health, or previous problems: N/A
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding: dusted small mealworms and waxworms offered daily. She’s eating 1-2 daily.
- How are you feeding: dropped with tongs in front of warm hide, sometimes left in dish but she tends not to show any interest when they're in the dish.
B) Supplements
- What vitamin/minerals are you using: Reptivite multivitamin with D3 on most of her worms since she’s only eating about 1 a day. Sometimes I’ll just dust with Repticalcium w/o D3. I ordered Repashy calcium plus to see if she might just not like the supplements. She has a dish of calcium w/o D3 in her tank that I’ve seen her eat from a couple of times.
- What are you gut loading food with: mix of veggies. This week mealworms were gut loaded with bran flakes and carrots.
- Sex: female
- Age & Weight: 9 months, was 42g at last vet visit but she dropped her tail so is probably less now. Waiting on my gram scale to be delivered. She looks slightly thinner than when I first got her but doesn’t look like she’s quickly dropped weight or is significantly underweight.
- How long have you owned your leo: a little over a month
- Where was he/she obtained: breeder
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo: She had a tail injury several weeks ago and dropped her tail, so unfortunately I had to handle her twice daily for medication and ointment. It’s been about 2 weeks since her last med administration and I’ve just been putting my hand in her tank for her to inspect when she wants to, no handling outside of tank maintenance 1x weekly to change out her paper towels.
- Is your leo acting any different today? If so how does he/she normally act which differs from now: She’s been active, roaming around from hide to hide and exploring so no different.
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe: Tail injury that led to dropped tail a few weeks ago.
B) Fecals
- Describe: normal (solid brown + white urate)
- When was the last time he/she went: 6 days ago
C) Problem
I’m a little concerned about Isabela’s eating habits + bowel movements. She injured her tail pretty shortly after I got her, so I was unsurprised by her lack of appetite while I was medicating her/having to handle her regularly, but since I stopped her medication and her tail’s been growing back she’s been active, curious when I’m in the room, and has sometimes licked my hand or walked on it when I put it in her tank.
I’ve been offering her food daily in the hopes that she won’t drop weight, and what I find odd is that she’ll eat the first 1 or 2 worms I drop in front of her warm hide (mix of gut loaded mealworms and waxworms) but then will turn her nose up at all subsequent worms I offer her. Sometimes I’ll get her to eat 2 worms in one sitting, but she’s probably consuming about 4-6 worms a week at the moment. She occasionally will lick a dusted one and then lose interest, but I’ve seen her eat out of her calcium dish so clearly she doesn’t mind the taste of it.
I think she’s eaten about 6 worms total since her last bowel movement about a week ago, and I haven’t found any poop in her tank. Her last one was normal and her warm side temps are between 88-93 in her warm hide so I’m wondering if there’s anything I can do to encourage her to poop or if it’s normal to go this long if she hasn’t eaten a whole lot? Also wondering if the lack of appetite is normal 2 weeks after her last medication/stressful handling.
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size: 20L
- Type: glass with screen top
- Type of substrate: paper towel
- Hides, how many, what kind: 1 cool dry, 1 moist between warm and cool side, 1 warm dry
B) Heating
- Heat source: UTH covering 1/3 of tank
- Cage temps: cool side floor temps around 70-75, warm side floor temps between 83-93 (88-93 in her warm hide)
- Method of regulating heat source: thermostat with probe
- What are you using to measure your temps: 1 digital thermometer with probe on cool side, thermostat with probe on warm side, temp gun to confirm floor temps
- Do you have any lights: No
C) Cage mates
- How many: N/A
- Describe health, or previous problems: N/A
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding: dusted small mealworms and waxworms offered daily. She’s eating 1-2 daily.
- How are you feeding: dropped with tongs in front of warm hide, sometimes left in dish but she tends not to show any interest when they're in the dish.
B) Supplements
- What vitamin/minerals are you using: Reptivite multivitamin with D3 on most of her worms since she’s only eating about 1 a day. Sometimes I’ll just dust with Repticalcium w/o D3. I ordered Repashy calcium plus to see if she might just not like the supplements. She has a dish of calcium w/o D3 in her tank that I’ve seen her eat from a couple of times.
- What are you gut loading food with: mix of veggies. This week mealworms were gut loaded with bran flakes and carrots.
