Hey, all
I'm very new to reptile ownership, so I inadvertently let my new little leo get very thin before i realized that something was very wrong.
I've had her for about a month, and she has appeared healthy for most of that time (eating and eliminating normally). However, she started to get dehydrated about a week ago and I started misting her tank regularly. She was having some dry yellow discharge from her vent and so I started soaking her and offering her water from a variety of sources. I turned the temperature up in the tank (about 80 degrees now).
Her belly is also discolored: bluish purple. But it could be that she's been like this the whole time I've had her...I just didn't want to over-handle her so I didn't notice.
I don't have access to a good reptile vet at the moment, but the man I called said I should just keep soaking her in warm water and just sort of wait it out.
She was eating, but I think she has stopped: she wouldn't eat mealworms, can't catch crickets (she's clumsy and just kind of hits the side of the tank). The man at the pet store also dropped her (if that matters). She seemed fine but I wonder if that's the discoloration?
My setup is a 10 gallon aquarium. She has a heat lamp and a basking rock, along with a tupperware that serves as a moist hide and then a little shady dry cave. She has a big ceramic waterbowl and a Pringles lid that I also fill with water. I mist twice a day (or as necessary).
Please help! =(
I'm very new to reptile ownership, so I inadvertently let my new little leo get very thin before i realized that something was very wrong.
I've had her for about a month, and she has appeared healthy for most of that time (eating and eliminating normally). However, she started to get dehydrated about a week ago and I started misting her tank regularly. She was having some dry yellow discharge from her vent and so I started soaking her and offering her water from a variety of sources. I turned the temperature up in the tank (about 80 degrees now).
Her belly is also discolored: bluish purple. But it could be that she's been like this the whole time I've had her...I just didn't want to over-handle her so I didn't notice.
I don't have access to a good reptile vet at the moment, but the man I called said I should just keep soaking her in warm water and just sort of wait it out.
She was eating, but I think she has stopped: she wouldn't eat mealworms, can't catch crickets (she's clumsy and just kind of hits the side of the tank). The man at the pet store also dropped her (if that matters). She seemed fine but I wonder if that's the discoloration?
My setup is a 10 gallon aquarium. She has a heat lamp and a basking rock, along with a tupperware that serves as a moist hide and then a little shady dry cave. She has a big ceramic waterbowl and a Pringles lid that I also fill with water. I mist twice a day (or as necessary).
Please help! =(
