I suppose patience is the key. Last night I had a dream that the gecko would
eat but couldn't keep the food down. Well I took that as an omen and I put
some meal worms into a plastic cup this morning and dropped it in front of
him. Not one minute later, he was eating them. It was a good day. Later
tonight he wouldn't stop eating so I limited it to 3 worms. What I learned:
let him have peace at dinner. Watching to see if he would eat only made him
stare at me until I left (with the food).
My level of stress drops considerably since I don't have to force feed. I
can just image the teeth that must break and the damage I must be doing. I
seriously didn't think I could handle feeding him like that for the next
decade or however long him lived. My options were limited to taking him back
to the place I got him or finding another place to try and raise him.
Neither of them would do it for long and to knowingly let him die would kill
me. I glad I will be able to raise him and hompefull breed him. This is a
very nice gecko - fast and spunky.
For the sake of completion, I will add that the infection hasn't cleared up.
He still has some cloudiness in his eye and what appears to be brown fluid
collected inside the eye - whether that is infection or blood I do not know.
If it doesn't disappear soon I'll have to take another trip to the vet. He
has gained weight and he defecates. He also bites me if I push him around.
What more could I ask for?
Jupiter
PS: He still needs a name.
Come and see my Reef:
http://members.home.net/jupiter.from.space/
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Gecko] Spider gecko feeding
> In a message dated 01-02-23 07:59:02 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brad
> Delmar) writes:
> > > I don't have spider geckos but maybe the medicine and the infection
> > > are the reason your animal won't eat. If the stress of force feeding
> > > is too much, wait awhile before trying to feed him again. Especially
> > > since he has only one more week of meds. Maybe his appetite will come
> > > back then.
> > > You did not mention if the infection has cleared up or if the animal
> > > is losing weight.
> > > I know that my other lizards (not geckos) stop eating when on
> > > medication.
>
> Jupiter,
>
> I agree with Brad.....sometimes the infection and/or meds will effect an
> animal's appetite. I would suggest that you attempt to keep him hydrated
and
> possibly offer some Pedialyte or Emeraid.
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