When she got home we soaked her and then we fed her. The vet told us to feed her carrots, squash, greens, cucumbers, and sweet potatoes, and to get some rabbit or guiene pig pellets and crunch them up and put them on her food. Today we only fed her sweet potatoes, squash, greens, carrots and she picked out the greens. He told us that we could either use cuttlebone or tums but we decided to go with the cuttlebone. He told us to use paper towles for bedding until she gets better. We emailed the breeder last night and still haven't heard back from him and don't espect to either. The vet also wants to see her back next week.
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The female came home today....
reid_3rd
Aug 07, 2003 10:44 PM
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zhiv9
Aug 08, 2003 12:12 PM
sulcata diet. Though I am sure it won't hurt to feed her that for a little while.
Hope she makes it through
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Niki
Aug 09, 2003 10:35 AM
I wasn't sure this was about sulcatas. I suppose they're
calling m/f just for convenience because there's no way to
know that for a long time yet. Anybody (especially if the
breeder said this) that says they're sexing hatchlings is
full of nonsense and if the buyer thinks this, then they
need to research sulcatas quite a bit more. Most of these
"females" wind up males, and two males is often a nightmare
in itself.
As far as feeding, I'd give a recovering animal the benefit
of enjoyable foods, eventually going to a stricter diet.
I know they often adore bananas (just a pinch) and green
peppers (mine loves these), yellow squash and zuchinni squash.
For a hatchling I'd recommend repti-cal and herptivite just
a matchhead size pinch of each on every feeding as a supplement
and later go to cuttlebone.
When you soak it, put it in a container it can't get out of,
in lukewarm water shallow just to the shell height under the
head (gulars). Make sure the water doesn't get cold, which happens
fast and dry thoroughly. Don't leave them alone in case they
flip or try climbing the container and fall out.
Paper towels is a good substrate for sick/recovering animals.
After that, I'd to to Lizard Litter Kenaf Plant, the light colored
lizard litter, I found tons of it at another pet shop here also.
