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Old 04-09-2011, 05:30 PM
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My AFT Lily (approx. 10 years old) has never had a problem feeding, she's always been very good at meal time, eating anywhere from 6-10 crickets every three days depending on how hungry she was.
About two weeks ago she laid only one egg (she's infertile, I'm assuming, due to her age) but the other one never came. She had only three crickets afterwords and then stopped eating. Her tail is extremely skinny and she refuses to eat. I've tried hand feeding her mealworms and she had no interest. I put crickets in her tank, took out the male so she was by herself, hoping she'd go for them but she just kept walking around in circles. She's very lethargic but is usually very active and it's worrying me.
I've noticed recently that she also shakes her hind legs when she walks before putting them down.
And just a few minutes ago, she laid down but had her hind legs in the air, it looked like she was trying to push something out but all that came out was this white pus-like liquid.
If anyone knows what could possibly be wrong with her or what I could do to help her please let me know. I'm so worried about her

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I highly recommend a vet visit. It's possible that she is eggbound with the other egg, though I'm not a vet so I don't know for sure. Good luck.

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Old 04-10-2011, 11:02 AM
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I agree, there's a possibility that she's egg-bound. Definitely take her to a vet. Once she's back to normal, and the egg passes, personally I wouldn't breed her again. But I'm a paranoid person. It's up to you.
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Old 04-10-2011, 03:40 PM
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I was thinking about getting a tank separator to keep her away from him since she doesn't produce fertile eggs, I know it's not very healthy for her to keep laying. I kept her in a smaller tank by herself overnight with a water dish and two crickets. One of them is missing but I'm not sure if she actually ate it or if it escaped the tank. I'm hoping she ate it. I'm going to try force feeding baby food just so she gets at least a little nutrition.
She keeps licking her underside, there's some sort of opaque white substance coming out of her (different from the original pus-like liquid).
I've been looking up vets in the area. I even looked at an emergency service where on the website it stated clearly that they see reptiles and when I called they said they don't do anything with them -.-
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