Hi there. The only reason he is soaking now is that he had a little bit of dried urates stuck to his cloaca (males have this, too, right?). Just to be sure the area was clean the vet told me to soak him. He's actually in the terrarium in an open Tupperware container to keep warm. Anyway, the water will moisturize his bottom for when I put the Vaseline on this evening.
Just like a little baby with diaper-rash! ;-) Mike > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 2003/07/23 Wed PM 02:00:17 EDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gecko]Bloody feces > > Mike, > > Your update, post vet visit, to the list is most informative. Just > wondering, why the soak now and not vaseline since you have already visited the vet? > > Be sure someone keeps an eye on your spider, cuz he's not up to snuff right now > and we surely don't want him to drown. Hope that he's staying warm enough. > > Elizabeth > > > Subj: Re: Re: [gecko]Bloody feces > > Date: 7/23/03 10:22:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > Thanks all. > > > > I took him to the vet this morning. I don't know how much of the vet's info > > I liked but this was the basics of it: > > > > The gecko has parasites. He gave me a suspension that should kill two of the > > major baddies (I'll give the medication name if you are interested). He told > > me evolutionarily speaking, the geckos get bloody poop and they either > > recover or don't. "Survival of the fittest" separates the stronger from the weak > > but people like to treat our pets to keep them alive. > > > > The gecko doesn't have an everted rectum but he has a "tiny" bit of everted > > hemipenes. I am to cover them with Vaseline to keep them moist so he can pull > > them back in. They have dried nubs on the ends but he said these will slough > > off as long as I keep the hemipenes moist and clean. They really are mostly > > inside his tail. > > > > He's soaking in sugar-water again and will be until I get home in 4 hours. I > > have someone looking in on him so he doesn't drown (but I'm sure he's not > > stupid enough to drop his head into the 1/4 - 1/2 inch of water). > > > > He'll be okay. Spiders are tough! > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > From: "Barbie Heid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: 2003/07/23 Wed PM 12:30:23 EDT > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: [gecko]Bloody feces > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yup! Thanks Barbie! > > > > > > > > > > Can't remember what I had for breakfast, but can't think on a dime about a > > > herp's butt :) > > > > > > Barbie >^,,^< > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://members.tripod.com/barbieheid/ > > > "Save the whales - collect the whole set." > > > > > > 1 _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
