My new/1st leo :) anyone know what morph he is?
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Rainnovice93
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Yea I know...Ive been trying to just leave him alone as much as possible & keep my room darker
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Yea well...my bf keeps the overhead light on allll the time so ive been turning it off so the lamp is on during the day & both off at night lol
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Not to be an alarmist but for a skinny hatchling 2-3 days without eating or being interested in food would worry me a lot. Most of mine were ravenous the day I received them after being jostled around in a tupperware for 15+ hours shipped 2500 miles across the country or spending 6+ hours in a tupperware being dragged to a reptile show and home with me.
If he's pooping I think the mineral oil probably isn't necessary but I would be on top of a thorough fecal exam and possibly a vet visit ASAP. The longer he isn't eating the weaker he gets and the worse the stress of a visit will be on him. How did you check his stool? I'm not sure but I think it may have to be sent to a lab to find something like crypto. What I've found on the internet says it may need to be dyed with acids or looked at using a special fluorescent lights to see the crypto parasite. I don't think the normal kind of fecal float we did on dogs and cats when I was a vet tech would catch most reptile parasites. Maybe someone with more knowledge of how crypto can be found can comment?
If he's pooping I think the mineral oil probably isn't necessary but I would be on top of a thorough fecal exam and possibly a vet visit ASAP. The longer he isn't eating the weaker he gets and the worse the stress of a visit will be on him. How did you check his stool? I'm not sure but I think it may have to be sent to a lab to find something like crypto. What I've found on the internet says it may need to be dyed with acids or looked at using a special fluorescent lights to see the crypto parasite. I don't think the normal kind of fecal float we did on dogs and cats when I was a vet tech would catch most reptile parasites. Maybe someone with more knowledge of how crypto can be found can comment?
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We do floats and we do in house lab work to test for crypto. Tested his fecal again nothing but the vet said to go ahead & deworm him wont hurt him just to be safe so im doing that..hes not happy about it lol. Hes eating now.. there were 3 crickets in there this morning & they're all gone and i have a screen on the tank so they cant get out. and like 3 or 4 mealworms are gone...
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