Hi Liz, What did the vets say was the problem with Spoon? If the problem was some sort of parasite, it is probably safe to assume that the two females have the same thing since they were all housed together at one point before he started to lose weight. Parasites can live quietly in reptiles for a long time, but can take over and cause illness (weight loss) when the gecko is stressed in any way.
Regards, Steve www.geckosetc.com --- kchan11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Liz, > > I'd forgotten what the problem with Spoon was specifically, but if the other > two are not eating, and it's been a while but no significant weight loss, > force feeding may be too stressful for them. (but depending on what you mean > exactly by forcefeeding. try enticing them to eat by dipping an end of a > waxworm or cricket into baby food, and dabbing a bit on their lip...when they > instinctively go to lick off the baby food off their lip, try offering the > food into the mouth as it's open. I've also found that if you use tweezers or > chopsticks it freaks them out less. This has worked well for me in the past, > and not just with Leos. > > good luck, and hope this helps. > > -Karin Chan > > >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== > >Hey all, > > > >I wrote a while ago about my Leo Spoon. My two females who were housed with > >him a while before I discovered his problem are starting to show the same > signs > >of being ill. I took Spoon to 6 vets, I can't afford to take these two. Right > >now they are still keeping weight, I am doing warm water soaks and keeping > >their temp at 80 flat. I dont know what else to do. If they dont take > crickets > >or wax worms today I am going to start force feeding. Any other ideas? > > > >Liz > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
