So here is the story of Peeve my prehensile tailed skink and her recovery process over the past few months. She was sent to a pet store by an importer up here in Canada that provides many of our pet store with their reptiles. Sadly she arrived in the most appauling condition (first few pictures).
Anyways, here's what she looked like when she first arrived (photos courtesy of the person who initially cared for her)
She was severly underweight, had several old sheds stuck to her, cigarette burns, parasites, respritory problems, bacterial infections and wasn't eating. A friend of mine at the store didn't want her to go to someone who wouldn't know what they were doing and neglect giving her the care she was in need of, so she called me and "convinced" me to take her home. I had to make an appointment with the vet as soon as I got her home, in which he prescribed yet another antibiotic for her (she had already been on several medications while at the store). She finished the medication and as was a completly different lizard afterwards. Three months and several hundred dollars in vet bills later this is what she looked like this .......
Her nose is now completely healed, she's parasite and infection free and looking wonderful. She's also turned into quite the piggy, she'll gladly inhale a bowl of salad a day. Her favorites are bananas... if she see's a banana she'll chase you down for a bite...she has gained more than 100g in weight and is looking wonderful.
Here she is today...
(she loves swinging from the dowels in her tank)
she's about to shed so the pics don't do her amazing colour any justice... oh how I've fallen for her
She looks great, Congrats.
