Maybe because melleri are my favorite species I get really hot at stuff like this. Melleri are extremely tough, but if at this time the poor animal is sitting with eyes shut it is probably dying. Melleri hardly ever use a dripper in my experience, and they drink a huge amount of water daily. It is probably in kidney and liver failure which won't be reversible. The kindest thing to do for it will be to report the shop (anonymously if you need to) to the local Animal Control or Humane Society for negligence or even abuse, have it confiscated and have a vet put it down. So sorry for being harsh and negative, but I have been down this road before and watched beautiful big melleri dwindle away miserably over a month or so despite the best care once they are in this condition.



If you really want to pursue rescue, I'd suggest joining the YahooGroups melleri forum and see if anyone on the list is in the area.

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