lost and found 2- colors

[btbam1237]

is there anything that will help bring back color as well or will that come in time ill try to get a better pic so you know what i mean... anyway she lost her yellow and is almost a tan with darker brown spots

 

[Scott&Nikki]

What substrate is she on? They somewhat adapt to their surrounding colors. If you have a dark substrate, she will become a little darker. Warmer temperatures also bring out the color.

 

[btbam1237]

shes on white substrate and heats normal but like i said shes been living in my basement for 7 mo (the last 2 averaging -10f). its not the lack of nutrients?

 

[PaulSage]

shes on white substrate and heats normal but like i said shes been living in my basement for 7 mo (the last 2 averaging -10f). its not the lack of nutrients?

It would be easier to answer your question if you were a little more specific than "white substrate" and "normal" heat.

I wouldn't worry about her color too much at this point. I'd worry about getting her warm and eating well again first. Her color may improve after that gets taken care of.

 

[btbam1237]

substrate is the white calci sand and it stays around 86-87f on the warm side and stays about 76 on the cool.... and shes eating fine

 

[PaulSage]

I would suggest keeping her on paper toweling (at least for the time being) and bumping the heat up to 90*F.

 

[geckofreak570]

substrate is the white calci sand and it stays around 86-87f on the warm side and stays about 76 on the cool.... and shes eating fine

try to get her of sand

 

[btbam1237]

try to get her of sand

for future reference they do digest the calci sand right?

 

[sportbike_rob]

not really, the calci sand says that that its safe, but thats been proven wrong,

 

[Stitch]

Her lack of color is because of the lack of nutrition that she had been getting. Give her a few weeks and you should start to see it come back along with her weight.

Sand is not a good choice for substrate.
88-92 degrees is the reccomended hot spot.

 

[Scott&Nikki]

I'm sorry, I saw this thread before the first one so I had no idea there was a lack of nutrience. But like was said before, cali-sand has been proven to cause impaction. I am sure you have noticed that if you get some water on the sand it clumps up a lot and becomes very hard. That is difficult for them to digest. If you really want to use sand, very fine playground sand is probably the safest choice. I would also increase the hot spot to 90.