EnigmaEcho
Neo Starpphire Enigma
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ok, i just picked up my new baby Wolf yesterday- id been watching him for a month at a pet store that i LOATH and fell in love with him- i finaly was able to get him, with the full understanding that he would have potential problems.
the positives- he is active, very sweet ( never tried to bite once) and has survived with atleast good weight ( his tail is not skinny) and there were no visible parisites, clean eyes, no cuts, all toes, and moves around fine ( he is young enough that any calcium deficiency seems not to have an effect on him( hes not moveing about in pain) and he also likes to be held( in the store-on a grade scale compareing babies of his age, he is very hadleable) i place him to be around 4 months max.
the negitives- this store is notorius for its terrible treatment of its animals, filthy conditions and all around lack of knowledge of proper care. Wolf and his cage mate ( in the past month had gotten almost bigger than him ( she was half his size), and he hadnt gotten bigger by much at all) were on unchanged, uncleaned sand in a arborial cage ( the poop was there since a month back) with only light heating ( hence his very dark coloring at the store)- the poop, which the store keeper was proud to show me, said they were great eaters- i thought the poop was feline pine ( but bigger) at first ( silly me). anyway, dirty bowl, wrong this and that, no hides- anyway, had a breeder friend of mine check him out, she said he looked ok despite the conditions ( i was releaved)
current concerns- i got him home in a nice long 10 gal tank, set up with uth etc, and he patroled the area, alert and wide eyed but not stressed ( yay!) and within a couple of hours, he pooped this horrible poo that was as wide as the widest part of his tail and half as long! it consisted of a partialy digested cricket and mostly sand, all of it bone dry
he seemed tiered after that, but after a while came back out and wanderd around some more. this morning, i found ANOTHER poo, same size, a little shorter, and all sand.
so, what can i expect at this point? i know i need to bee on the lookout for parisites- how should i go about feeding him? i know soft bodies is the best right now ( i have him on papertowels, btw) any suggestions or small crickets should be ok? should i soke him a little in warm water to get the rest of the sand out ( the sand is comeing out in bricks, not being pushed out like a normal poop) or would that stress him worse ( i know the 1-2 week rule, but in this case, what should i do?) i just want to make sure my new baby is going to be ok.
sorry about my length, hopefuly some brave soul will read it
the positives- he is active, very sweet ( never tried to bite once) and has survived with atleast good weight ( his tail is not skinny) and there were no visible parisites, clean eyes, no cuts, all toes, and moves around fine ( he is young enough that any calcium deficiency seems not to have an effect on him( hes not moveing about in pain) and he also likes to be held( in the store-on a grade scale compareing babies of his age, he is very hadleable) i place him to be around 4 months max.
the negitives- this store is notorius for its terrible treatment of its animals, filthy conditions and all around lack of knowledge of proper care. Wolf and his cage mate ( in the past month had gotten almost bigger than him ( she was half his size), and he hadnt gotten bigger by much at all) were on unchanged, uncleaned sand in a arborial cage ( the poop was there since a month back) with only light heating ( hence his very dark coloring at the store)- the poop, which the store keeper was proud to show me, said they were great eaters- i thought the poop was feline pine ( but bigger) at first ( silly me). anyway, dirty bowl, wrong this and that, no hides- anyway, had a breeder friend of mine check him out, she said he looked ok despite the conditions ( i was releaved)
current concerns- i got him home in a nice long 10 gal tank, set up with uth etc, and he patroled the area, alert and wide eyed but not stressed ( yay!) and within a couple of hours, he pooped this horrible poo that was as wide as the widest part of his tail and half as long! it consisted of a partialy digested cricket and mostly sand, all of it bone dry
he seemed tiered after that, but after a while came back out and wanderd around some more. this morning, i found ANOTHER poo, same size, a little shorter, and all sand.so, what can i expect at this point? i know i need to bee on the lookout for parisites- how should i go about feeding him? i know soft bodies is the best right now ( i have him on papertowels, btw) any suggestions or small crickets should be ok? should i soke him a little in warm water to get the rest of the sand out ( the sand is comeing out in bricks, not being pushed out like a normal poop) or would that stress him worse ( i know the 1-2 week rule, but in this case, what should i do?) i just want to make sure my new baby is going to be ok.
sorry about my length, hopefuly some brave soul will read it
