In my experience, if she is free of parasites and other internal problems, the best thing to do is to simply keep her hydrated (I gave pedialyte or ensure once a week in place of regular water) and to continue with the baby food until she wants to accept regular insect feed. In the past, this has taken anywhere from just a week or so, to a good month.
I'd also raise the temps on the warm side to about 85-88 F, and moving the moist hide (humid hide) to the warmer side to raise the humidity in it. What was she kept on before the paper towels? could she be impacted? -Karin Chan >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== >Hi Folks--- > >On 9-11-03 I started monitoring this 4th grade classroom leopard gecko who >had minor trouble shedding with some skin remaining on one of her eyes. With >two wraps in a warm wash cloth for about 15 mins the remaining skin was easily >shed. However, I was quite concerned at the size of this animal. On 9-15 she >weighed in at 22.5 grams; by today (9-27) she is weighing 17.5 grams. She is >8" long. Her tail is extremely thin. Obviously she has no fat stores left. > >On ~9-23 she eagerly ate 6 wax worms...since then she has eaten Gerber's >chicken baby food off her nose, but has not so far shown interest in that when >left on a lid. I brought her home yesterday. As of last night she is in >relatively "sterile" surroundings: a 10 gallon with a paper towel substrate, a 40 >watt red bulb lowered by a rheostat to 80 F in one of those fixtures that covers >half the top of a ten gallon, a medium-sized rock under the light where she >has slept for hours, a dry hide with moss on the warm side, and a moist hide >with moss on the "cool" side. She has a 4" water dish and a lid with two wax >worms, two small meal worms (wheat germ). There is a 1/2" cricket on the loose >in the cage. > >As of last night, and a little this AM, she still accepts chicken baby food >off her nose....but she does not seem to be eating independently. > >What can I do to assist her to regain her appetite? > >There will probably be trouble getting her to the vet before Monday >afternoon, so I'm wondering what is the best I can do for her in the meantime. (One >vet is moving, and the best one is relatively far away.) > >Hope that someone can help. > >Elizabeth >Seattle > > l l l > ^^ /..\ ^^ /..\ ^^ ^^ /..\ ^^ > l l ^^ llll \\\ > l l llll /// > l l llll \\\ > l l ~~ llll /// > ~~ ( ~~ ) ~~ ~~ ( ~~ > ) ( ) > ( ) ( > ) ( ) > lappert robert hubert > 15 yo r.i.p. r.i.p. > > (All Lepidodactylus lugubris!) _______________________________________________ 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
