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 > Subj:[gecko]speaking of gout... > Date:8/16/07 3:37:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (argente) > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A> > To: [email protected] > > I just got back from the entire crew's trip to the vet. First the good > news: the girls all seem to be fine, just jumpy from the move. He took a > blood > sample from Carrots just to be sure, since she is the most subdued. Rocky is > on the other end of the spectrum, waving her tail and running about > frantically. On inspection they all look healthy so unless Carrots' tests > show > something it's back to business as usual with the girls. I'll have results > on > Monday. Someone (either Rocky, Ellipsis, or Smiley) regurgitated some worms > on > the way home though. > > Now the not good news. Peanut has a very high white blood cell count and > major signs of kidney disease. The vet thinks it's a particular kind of gout > where crystals enter the tissue (I forget the name he said). He also has > pinworms. Vet prescribed Fortaz, with subcutaenous injections every other > day, > which I'm not looking forward to doing. Peanut's weight was down from 84g to > 76g since Monday (he hasn't eaten anything in that span) so I'll also start > syringe feeding him Carnivore Care. He's even more listless and I'm really > worried about him by the vet was pretty optimistic. We go in for a follow-up > on Tuesday. If he's not doing any better by then we will revisit crypto as a > possibility. My vet doesn't like to test for it since he feels the test is > unreliable enough to be useless. If the current treatment doesn't help I'm > going to insist on the test anyway. > > In the meantime I will switch my mealworms to a different gutload (or at > least start the transition since picking them all out of their current > bedding > is pretty impossible). Can they live in the Repashy diet or do they need to > be taken out and gutloaded separately before feeding? > > Thanks to everyone for your helpful and hopeful comments. I feel much > better knowing that I have a panel of experts helping me along. > > 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>
