Meet my little one!

[MissFrances]

I thought it might be that! I'll feed her again tonight or tomorrow and won't be dusting so we'lol see how it goes!

She was out and about last night, looking fine. This morning I found a weird orange coloured urate. Some googling told me it could be staining from poop or parasites (which she definitely has) so I'm a bit on edge at the mo. I'll be more comfortable once she's come out for the night! She's been out at strange times over the past two days, tonight is more like normal. Other than that, she's been behaving normally.

I have a food bowl in her viv which she hasn't touched since I put the bug-proof lid on it. I have a rock next for it for her to stand on and get to the mealworms, but she doesn't use it at all. Can I take it out? My impression is as long as I'm feeding her as much as she will eat regularly then I don't need to leave mealies for her?

 

[JessJohnson87]

The odd colored urate could be from the medication to. I have read that some will stain the poops and such. You can leave the bowl in there so she can learn to associate food with it. It took my leo a couple of tries before he learned there was food in there, I put it up against the rock I have in there and he uses that as a "chair" to eat from.

 

[MissFrances]

I wondered if it could be that, too! Not too surprising. I wouldn't be so worried if it weren't for her impromptu flying lesson straight after the vet trip :') I'll keep an eye on her for a few days though. Perhaps if she saw me worms in there she might recognise it has food? At the moment I take everything out when I feed her other than her hot hide because she's a slow hunter and the crickets get everywhere

 

[JessJohnson87]

I have to take everything out when mine eats roaches, they hide behind his houses and do not come out. Crickets tend to wander between them but they always come out. You can put mealworms in the bowl and count how many you put, check the next morning to see if any are gone. After a couple of times doing that, she will learn that there is food in there.

She could still be stressed out from the vet visit to.

 

[MissFrances]

Not much to say recently! We've been plodding along fine, she has her second vet appointment on Wednesday for her second dose of worming treatment. Bit weird today, as I had to pop her hide open because no one had seen her in 3 days and it's been that long since she ate, too. Looking a bit dull again, so it seems another shed's on the cards.

She ate 3 locusts today and was really strange with the third - she legitimately walked up to it and licked it., then left it alone. Sign of being full? At that point she'd eater 3 locusts and 3/4 mealworms so it doesn't seem to me like she'd be full. After that she ate 4 more mealies but it strikes me as strange behaviour?

 

[JessJohnson87]

Glad she's doing well.

Mine has done that with roaches, I'll feed him 2 and he just licks the 3rd but I give him a couple of mealworms and he gobbles them up. Sometimes they get bored with the same feeder all the time, you can try adding a different feeder and see if that helps.

 

[MissFrances]

I think she's a little grumpy after these vet visits, she's been hiding away a lot and not coming out until everyone, or almost everyone, has gone to bed! I worry about this due to feeding (I used to see her every other day at least as she'd come out early for food) but I know it's not abnormal and I shouldn't worry. I did pop her hide open on Saturday as my dad saw her Friday night and thought she might be shedding (she has!) and she stood on my hand for a while and stared at me, so I think we're doing okay? I'm a real worry wart :')

She has gained weight since I last weighed her, which is good news I think. I made her 52g on Christmas Eve, first vet made her 42g but second this Wednesday made her 59g. I'm going with the second vet, as the first one wasn't even sure how to sex her. She's being a bit strange about eating at the mo, is that common around shedding time?

 

[JessJohnson87]

Yes, they will usually go off food before and after a shed. She should eat eventually, also antibiotics can curb appetite as well.

I would not worry too much, all the vet visits are stressing her out so she just wants to hide away. Once she's finished with the vet, she should return to normal

 

[MissFrances]

Hey guys! I know I've bee quiet, just plodding along! She's become a bit reclusive since her vet visits but I got a call from the vet today after sending them a sample, she's now free of her pinworms! She's still feeding well and responding well to me when she actually decides to get up early enough for me to interact with her :')

 

[Yoshi'smom]

Good news indeed! :yahoo:

 

[MissFrances]

So happy tonight! Found her stood up at the front of her tank, so I opened the doors and she climbed onto my hand! I've just properly, hand-over-hand handled her for the first time, incredibly pleased

 

[CWilson13]

So good to hear she is all better! Isn't it an incredible feeling when they decide to be handled? :yahoo:

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Awesome progress, MissFrances! Are you stoked?

How have her urates been recently?

 

[MissFrances]

So stoked haha! Urates have also been fine, good sizes and colours. I think Jess was right when she said it could have been the medication discolouring them as it happened immediately after both shots from the vet, then never again.

Fantastic feeling! Considering she's been hiding away til later in the night recently too, I was a bit concerned. Over nothing, it seems!

 

[MissFrances]

Gave Izzy her first warm bath today, she hasn't pooped in just over a week. Not entirely unusual for her - occassionally goes two feeds without pooping but this time it's been four. Gave the vets a ring and they said I should try a couple of warm baths a day before I take her to them to look at.



She wasn't terribly impressed but at the same time didn't seem so adverse to it :') Hopefully it gets things moving!

(bath looks very shallow in that picture, I topped it up just after with some warmer water because it cooled so quickly)

 

[JessJohnson87]

They hate baths. The only reptile I ever owned that enjoyed bathing was my savannah monitor. But he would wade around in his water bowl before he took a massive smelly poo in the water.

 

[MissFrances]

I didn't imagine she'd be quite so pleased about it. I imagine she'll be even less pleased with the one she'll get later tonight :')

 

[wicked gecko]

Hopefully it loosens things up for her! I had a water dragon when I was in my teens that I'd take to the beach swimming with us on it's leash. One of our leos will drink from his water dish but the other two don't go near theirs. The 2 that don't go near water dish spend a considerable amount more time in their humid hides.

 

[MissFrances]

She loves her humid hide. I've seen her standing on her water dish but never drinking :')

Edit: I also weighed her today. Been worried because she's been a but off with her food. No need to worry apparently, she's 61g :')

 

[MissFrances]

I've a question! I fed her yesterday but she barely ate - one cricket and a mealworm. I have to give her a bath again tonight, should I do this before or after feeding her?