Elizabeth Freer
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You're welcome! You know where to find GU.Hi,
I just thought I would update you. I couldn’t get one of those terra cotta hides you suggested, they had no stock available for the uk unfortunately. I did however make my own just with a tuppawear and some soggy kitchen roll. She seemed to enjoy the home made hide, especially when she was just due to shed.
I had her out last night and she was very dull in colour but her toes were once again stuck together and 2 of them had the red/black colouring at the end of them. I checked on her this morning and she had done her full shed in the night and her bad toes look like new! We were very shocked. She has definitely lost the tip of 2 of her toes as there is no claw on them and they’re quite stumpy. There is a 3rd toe where the nail is pointing slightly upwards but it isn’t bothering her. I’m so pleased she has had a successful shed, I was worried we would have to start the process all over again!
She is also eating much better. She ate 12 mealworms after I left her without for 2 days to wean her off the wax worms. She does only seem to eat every other evening and it’s usually around 10-15 mealworms. The other evenings she doesn’t tend to be interested. She was 17g when we had her at the vets and she is now 26g so she’s built her strength up for sure!
Thank you for all of your support, hopefully this won’t happen again!! I will continue posting if I have any issues.
I appreciate your update! I'm happy her shed went extremely well!!! Hooray for her significant weight gain! She's growing up. :biggrin: Eating every other night is excellent for a leo her age. Glad she's transitioned back to real insects!
Will Amazon UK be getting large OMEM terracotta hideouts in later? Medium ones are in stock, so it seems like they could get large ones. (???)
I've also seen round ones in the EU. The basin on top is vital.
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