artist4dragons
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A friend of mine is selling me his two female leos. One is huge, like 10 inches long, big fat tail, and is in all-around super shape. The other...she is a melanistic leo, real dark, and she has what may be some sort of a neurological problem. He thinks she may have eyesight problems.
When he offers the food (the bigger mealworms on a tupperware lid) she comes out...while walking, she throws her head around, sometimes walking in circles. When she spots the mealies, she goes up to them and spies one out. When she strikes, it is either in the opposite direction or actually throwing her head back. When he hand-feeds, she follows well enough, but practically throws herself around. She slides around against the side of the burrow and through the sand, agaisnt the water dish, and he does not feed her near the sides of the tank because she often throws her head into it (she also thumps her head on the floor sometimes while throwing her head around). She has a really hard time eating due to this, but he feeds them every other day and makes sure she gets one or two via very patient hand-feeding or a lucky strike on her part.
She is thin, not unhealthily so, but too thin for my comfort. Her tail is also kinda thin. They don''t seem to have shedding problems, just a missing toe-end or two (credit for that is given to the pervious owner). She is dark, as mentioned before, with large spots all over, and her underbelly is sharply defined as opposed to fading out. I'm not sure if this is normal for melanistic.
They are kept on calci-sand (yep, that's what i thought too) but they are either hand-fed or fed on the tupperware lid, so I don't think that is a problem. They have a petrified root/branchy system that they walk under and climb on, and the larger size foam burrow. There is no moist hide. They are provided clean fresh water and consistent heat, but the mealworms are not dusted and they don't have a calcium dish. (both stand up well, no sign of bendy bones)
Please let me know if this sounds like anything you have heard of or dealt with, and if there is anything I need to do or get for her. Thanks in advance.
When he offers the food (the bigger mealworms on a tupperware lid) she comes out...while walking, she throws her head around, sometimes walking in circles. When she spots the mealies, she goes up to them and spies one out. When she strikes, it is either in the opposite direction or actually throwing her head back. When he hand-feeds, she follows well enough, but practically throws herself around. She slides around against the side of the burrow and through the sand, agaisnt the water dish, and he does not feed her near the sides of the tank because she often throws her head into it (she also thumps her head on the floor sometimes while throwing her head around). She has a really hard time eating due to this, but he feeds them every other day and makes sure she gets one or two via very patient hand-feeding or a lucky strike on her part.
She is thin, not unhealthily so, but too thin for my comfort. Her tail is also kinda thin. They don''t seem to have shedding problems, just a missing toe-end or two (credit for that is given to the pervious owner). She is dark, as mentioned before, with large spots all over, and her underbelly is sharply defined as opposed to fading out. I'm not sure if this is normal for melanistic.
They are kept on calci-sand (yep, that's what i thought too) but they are either hand-fed or fed on the tupperware lid, so I don't think that is a problem. They have a petrified root/branchy system that they walk under and climb on, and the larger size foam burrow. There is no moist hide. They are provided clean fresh water and consistent heat, but the mealworms are not dusted and they don't have a calcium dish. (both stand up well, no sign of bendy bones)
Please let me know if this sounds like anything you have heard of or dealt with, and if there is anything I need to do or get for her. Thanks in advance.
