Two new rescues and a big ol' sweetie

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SamanthaLovely

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cricket4u said:
Any good news from this end?:)
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Cherish is eating good and having regular looking poos. Sundrop is eating but her poos are still watery. And just now my boyfriend pointed out that she had a poo but it was just a urate and a puddle of fluid. I don't know if this is from the shot for tapeworm she got or if she's drinking alot. She was the only one to get the shot.
We're not giving them any water or oxbow now. She's eating 2 or 3 small crickets a day.

Other than that odd poo everything seems fine.

Also cricketsnieceandrepsitter, I watched that video and it's as disgusting as it is fascinating. I can't decide if I'm freaked out or intrigued by it.
 
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SamanthaLovely said:
Cherish is eating good and having regular looking poos. Sundrop is eating but her poos are still watery. And just now my boyfriend pointed out that she had a poo but it was just a urate and a puddle of fluid. I don't know if this is from the shot for tapeworm she got or if she's drinking alot. She was the only one to get the shot.
We're not giving them any water or oxbow now. She's eating 2 or 3 small crickets a day.

Other than that odd poo everything seems fine.

Also cricketsnieceandrepsitter, I watched that video and it's as disgusting as it is fascinating. I can't decide if I'm freaked out or intrigued by it.
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Okay, at least most of it is good. Just give sundrop a few days.
 
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SamanthaLovely

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cricket4u said:
My guess would be it's unrelated to the shot.
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That's what they said at the vet too. She's going to call me back to talk about it. She's been drinking for the past 5 minutes. I'm going to do some research about them drinking alot and see what I can find.

On a good note, I'm proud to say Cherish is at 22grams. I don't think she's been past 19 grams since we got her. I'm pretty happy. Normally she just drops the weight again but this time it went up. She's eating like a boss. She might eat us out of house and home :biggrin:
 
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SamanthaLovely said:
That's what they said at the vet too. She's going to call me back to talk about it. She's been drinking for the past 5 minutes. I'm going to do some research about them drinking alot and see what I can find.

On a good note, I'm proud to say Cherish is at 22grams. I don't think she's been past 19 grams since we got her. I'm pretty happy. Normally she just drops the weight again but this time it went up. She's eating like a boss. She might eat us out of house and home :biggrin:
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I am very happy to hear Cherish is doing better. This thread is so long and due to the fact there is 3 or4 geckos mentioned I am a bit lost. It would be best to start a new thread on Sundrop since Cherish is doing better. Honestly excessive drinking is one of the signs that scare me the most. Just correct me if I am wrong.
Cherish was named Frodo. (the skinniest one)

Sundrops info:
Sundrop | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78671811@N02/6984555592/
Was Sundrop the one with greenish urates? Is this what you consider greenish? Same stool but it looks green | Flickr - Photo Sharing! I don't, so I just want to make sure this is what you mean.:biggrin:
Worms visible in possible regurge?
No SQ fluids administered.
She was not given the Panacur? That should have been given due to the fact they were housed together. If not, make sure you mention that to the vet. Try to put together all of her history in one post. Signs and treatments so far. Maybe in a new thread would be best.
 
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SamanthaLovely said:
Warm side is 90ish cool side is around 77-80. My other rescue Cherish (Formally frodo) was treated for parasites though the vet did not do a fecal examination and they were cage mates at the store. So chances are if one had them the other would probably have them too.

I know she was dehydrated and the first night I was giving her water with an electrolyte formula by mouth. I would drip it on her mouth and she licked it up. She was very good about it to the point that I think she wanted water. I've been bathing her too. I've been doing the same to her and her former cage mate (the male).

The second night I offered food (crickets) and they ate it. I'm still giving them water. Should I not be feeding them? And I was wondering about the silkworms because they seem easier to digest then crickets. She did have a good poo recently (within the past hour,) it was runny and there were undigested pieces.

She weighed 33/34 grams on sunday.

I'm not opening her mouth and forcing the water. I've been letting her lick the drops from a syringe.
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This is one of the reasons I am confused. You begin talking about Cherish and you mention she was 33/34 grams, but today you said she's 22 and the most she has weighed? Maybe you just forgot how much she weighed in the past? I just wanted to make sure you were indeed speaking of Cherish and not Sundrop.
 
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Im so glad Cherish is doing better and gaining some weight, I was really concerned for her due to how skinny she is.
Now praying for Sundrop to recover quickly!
Agree it is a little difficult to follow the thread and maybe a thread dedicated to Sundrop and one for Cherish too!
 
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cricket4u said:
This is one of the reasons I am confused. You begin talking about Cherish and you mention she was 33/34 grams, but today you said she's 22 and the most she has weighed? Maybe you just forgot how much she weighed in the past? I just wanted to make sure you were indeed speaking of Cherish and not Sundrop.
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The 33/34 was Sundrop. Cherish hasn't gone over 19 that I can recall. I'll start up a new thread now.
 
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cricket4u said:
I see!:cheer:
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23 grams last night. We're pretty excited, keeping fingers crossed.

Though she (Cherish) doesn't like to eat dusted crickets. She'll eat one, then if I offer her another with dust she ignores it. But she'll eat more without dust. I've tried blowing off some of the dust incase there's too much or she doesn't like the powderyness.
 
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Geckoguy1996 said:
You ar such a great person! ::
Beautiful geckos!
I have just one question,how do you know that they are dehydrated?
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Thank you so much.
With the three rescues we could tell by looking at them and the environment they were living in. They were all dry looking with flaky looking skin, they were on sand, had a red light shining on them and had no water in the tank at all. I also noticed the skin on their sides will stick together and form a sort of lip.
When a vet checks for dehydration they'll pinch the skin and I can only speculate that they're looking to see if the skin will stick up similarly to when humans are dehydrated. Normally the skin will just go back into place but when dehydrated persons skin is pinched it will stay the way you pinch it. I'm not sure about reptiles but I assume that's the way it is with most living creatures.
 
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SamanthaLovely said:
23 grams last night. We're pretty excited, keeping fingers crossed.

Though she (Cherish) doesn't like to eat dusted crickets. She'll eat one, then if I offer her another with dust she ignores it. But she'll eat more without dust. I've tried blowing off some of the dust incase there's too much or she doesn't like the powderyness.
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Dusted with what? The MVI or calcium? Buy T Rex Calcium Plus Food. I believe you mentioned they discontinued this? It's dicontinued in the US, but not in Canada. There are several websites on line in Canada that sell it.

Some do not like the taste of the MVI, so the only way to get them to eat it has to be on their favorite insect.
 
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