I have had my Leo for 6 weeks. At present he weighs 4 grams. This is slightly down from the day I purchased him but up from 3.5 grams last week. He has not eaten anything on his own for 10 days and I feed him .6cc Repti-aid (syringe) every 24hrs. He recently had a fecal exam with NO parasites found. The vet suggested an antibiotic for the next 2 weeks mixed his Repti-aid.

After the first dose of this antibiotic, he spent the majority of the day in his water bowl and I watched him drink water continously for 45 minutes. I didn't know that he could hold that much water!!! After the second dose, my girlfriend found him laying on the substrate, on his back, legs straight up with no visible respiration. Of course, she started crying assuming he is dead. An hour later, he is alive and back in is water bowl!!???

Any ideas on what is going on with this little guy?? I have the ideal temps in his environment that have been checked with a digital thermometer, Calci-sand substrate, proper humidity, a hide, and tried live and dead crickets, meal worms, and wax worms.

HELP!!!

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