Jessica ~
I am saddened to hear that Peanut passed away. Do you know how old he was?
May your little friend rest in peace.
I hope that you have gotten to Carrot's issues in time. What type of food
are you using for the syringe feeding? Apparently Carrot is tolerating those?
Just curious to hear what type of fish flakes you had been gutloading with.
For part of my gutload for the older crickets I used to add TetraMin Tropical
Fish Flakes, The Rich Mix, sometimes. When my male leopard gecko Rocky died
gout consumed his body. He still maintained a "healthy" weight. The fish
flakes were the only dietary thing I could trace a problem to. Earlier I did
have
a flying gecko die from stress and also from gout ("fatty liver disease").
At that time I was sometimes using puppy, kitten, dog, and cat food samples as
a sometimes partial gutload for the crickets. Never do that either!! The
samples ranged from 16%-21% minimum crude fat and the TetraMin has 8% min crude
fat and 46% min crude protein. I have ceased doing both those things and now
use Fluker Farms' High-Calcium Cricket Food, alfalfa hay (Hay-Kob), and
oatmeal. Occasionally I'll add collard greens, carrots, zucchini.
Perhaps some geckos are more susceptible to gout than others. But,
definitely, they are what they eat.
I appreciate you keeping the List informed.
Elizabeth
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> Hi Elizabeth,
>
> Peanut didn't make it - he passed away last week, hopefully in his sleep.
> The vet is performing a necropsy but I won't have any answers from that for
> another week or so. Three of the girls are behaving normally and eating
> well.
> I'm still worried about my other girl Carrots though. She has always been
> the quiet littlest one and her tail has gotten pretty skinny. I've been
> syringe feeding her since she shows no interest in worms or crickets and am
> waiting to hear back from the vet on her blood work. I really hope that
> we've
> caught whatever it is in time to get her healthy. Thanks for your concern.
>
> -Jessica
>
>
> >> 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
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