LEO HELP....again

[TheOneThatGotAway]

Yeah, i've tried crickets, waxworms, butterworms, mealworms, megaworms, everything. She won't eat at all. How to I soak her? Like how much water, how warm, etc? Do I have to rub her or anything? She's not too fond of being handled.

And no worries, evil. I get it all the time XD

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Yeah, i've tried crickets, waxworms, butterworms, mealworms, megaworms, everything. She won't eat at all. How to I soak her? Like how much water, how warm, etc? Do I have to rub her or anything? She's not too fond of being handled.

And no worries, evil. I get it all the time XD

Just soak her in a tuperware container with like an inch of warm water in it. Just enough to soak her belly in. Make sure to put the lid on and have a few air holes poked in it.

 

[coura]

First get rid of the sand and replace it with kichen paper(and its better this isnt the same sand I worn you about several mouths ago, or else I get a ticket to America, find your town ,find were you live and I make you eat "sand Flakes"breakfast cereal for the rest of your life ROFL:)). Second it may be time for you to visit the vet again, I think the best move now would be to force feed your gecko with a high protein solucion untill she starts to feed on her own. I cant tell you how, its something you must see yourself in order to learn how to do it properly but in general it would be by a needle less seringe with a small ruber tube.

 

[katschamne]

I would do like Vicous said and soak her. Make sure that you finish all the medication that the vet gave her as well. I would make sure that you get thermometers in all the tanks too. Just because the male seems to be doing okay she might need a little extra heat or maybe she is getting a drift. I do okay in the colder weather but hubby is just miserable with temps under 80 degrees. If you can't get her to eat you might have to do as coura says and force feed. There is a reptile supplement that you can use. I have not used it but I do know a couple of people that have used it and said that it did help. You can buy it at Petco and online at Dr's Foster and Smith. This is a picture of it.

 

[prcdslnc13]

the stuff recommended above is great. flukers also makes a good one that I have brought lots of stuff back to life with. what worries me is Ive seen this alot with leos and its very hard for them to recover once their tail has gone skinny like that. you may want to ask your vet to check for a bacterial infection. A good friend of mine had his entire breeding colony wiped by an infection that did this exact thing.

beyond that soak and mist her at least once a day if not more. what are you using as a heat source currently? and what kind of cage is she in with what type of top.

 

[TheOneThatGotAway]

beyond that soak and mist her at least once a day if not more. what are you using as a heat source currently? and what kind of cage is she in with what type of top.

She has a regular heat lamp with a nighttime UV bulb, a 10 gal glass aquarium, and a regular screen top. I heard heat rocks can burn them so i didn't want to risk it.

 

[coura]

So she has 24 hours of ligth? That can drive anyone nutts You can use the normal heat bulb but for staple heat I would insted use a good heat pad like the ones of zoomed, its very economical to buy and use And you have yet to anser me about the sand issue

 

[katschamne]

Is the light that you have on at night blue/black or red? If it is then you are fine. They don;t see rd and the black /blue light simulates moon light. The UTH works well too.

 

[Jfitz]

the infrared's work well also.