Jessica ~ By the way, does Carrots have her own digs? That might be a good idea to eliminate any competition for food since she is the smallest.
Elizabeth > Subj:Re: [gecko]re: speaking of gout... > Date:8/23/07 12:44:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:gecko@lists.gekkota.com";>gecko@lists.gekkota.com</A> > To: gecko@lists.gekkota.com > > Jessica ~ > > I am saddened to hear that Peanut passed away. Do you know how old he was? > May your little friend rest in peace. > > I hope that you have gotten to Carrots' issues in time. What type of food > are you using for the syringe feeding? Apparently Carrots is tolerating > those? > > Just curious to hear what type of fish flakes you had been gutloading with. > For part of my gutload for the older crickets I used to add TetraMin > Tropical Fish Flakes, The Rich Mix, sometimes. When my male leopard gecko > Rocky > died gout consumed his body. He still maintained a "healthy" weight. The > fish > flakes were the only dietary thing I could trace a problem to. Earlier I did > have a flying gecko die from stress and also from gout ("fatty liver > disease"). At that time I was sometimes using puppy, kitten, dog, and cat > food > samples as a sometimes partial gutload for the crickets. Never do that > either!! > The samples ranged from 16%-21% minimum crude fat and the TetraMin has 8% > min crude fat and 46% min crude protein. I have ceased doing both those > things > and now use Fluker Farms' High-Calcium Cricket Food, alfalfa hay (Hay-Kob), > and oatmeal. Occasionally I'll add collard greens, carrots, zucchini. > > Perhaps some geckos are more susceptible to gout than others. But, > definitely, they are what they eat. > > I appreciate you keeping the List informed. > > Elizabeth > > > >> Subj:[gecko]re: speaking of gout... >> Date:8/22/07 10:16:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (argente) >> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Reply-to: <A >> HREF="mailto:gecko@lists.gekkota.com";>gecko@lists.gekkota.com</A> >> To: gecko@lists.gekkota.com >> >> Hi Elizabeth, >> >> Peanut didn't make it - he passed away last week, hopefully in his sleep. >> The vet is performing a necropsy but I won't have any answers from that for >> another week or so. Three of the girls are behaving normally and eating >> well. I'm still worried about my other girl Carrots though. She has always >> been the quiet littlest one and her tail has gotten pretty skinny. I've >> been >> syringe feeding her since she shows no interest in worms or crickets and am >> waiting to hear back from the vet on her blood work. I really hope that >> we've caught whatever it is in time to get her healthy. Thanks for your >> concern. >> >> -Jessica >> >> >> >>> Jessica ~ >>> >>> How are you and Peanut doing? Have you heard other particulars from the >>> vet? >>> I am sorry about Peanut's gout. I don't know whether that is a one way >>> street. >>> >>> >> > Elizabeth ~~~geckos make my heart sing (and dance)~~~ l l l ^^ /..\ ^^ /..\ ^^ ^^ /..\ ^^ l l ^^ llll \\\ l l llll /// l l llll \\\ l l ~~ llll /// ~~ ( ~~ ) ~~ ~~ ( ~~ ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) lappert(a) robert(a) hubert(a) 17.50 yo r.i.p. r.i.p. (All Lepidodactylus lugubris!) <BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour</HTML>
