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So Rorschach continued to refuse food and over the last 4-5 days wouldn't come out from under her rock. I took her to the vet today. Her X-ray shows a blockage in her intestines. She got an enema from the vet and a warm soak upon arriving home. I'm going to pick up a ceramic heat emitter this afternoon so I can keep her temps up at around 80 or so overnight. She goes back to the vet for another check up tomorrow. Hopefully she'll pass whatever it is. Poor kid.

On a happier note, everyone at the vet's office thinks she's adorable....which she is, of course.
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Torey
Eugene, Oregon, USA
1.1 Saharan Uros (Joe and Arthur)
3.0 Mali Uros (Spike, Turtle, and Tank)
1.1 Ornate Uros (Scuttlebutt and Shazzbot)
0.1 Collared Lizard (Rorschach)
2.1 Green Anoles (Bowser, Sprocket, Leeloo)
1.1 Chubby Housecats (Roscolux and Jenny)

I sure hope she passes whatever is making her not feel well.

**You can also give her a "drop" or 2 of mineral oil to get things moving (if she does not go after the heat)

Let us know how she does at the Vets today.
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PHEve / Eve

Vet visit #2 today. Radiograph showed the same masses moved slightly down and slightly more broken up. She got another enema (she's NOT loving this), and before we left the office, she'd produced two good sized poops. I broke these open when I got home and they mostly consisted of sand and one totally undigested phoenix worm (the only thing I could get her to eat last week).

So. More soaking, since there's more in there. And I have to figure out what to do to prevent her ingesting any more sand. Moving her to a separate tank to feed her would be nifty, except the cats make that very awkward. Or I can use a substrate other than sand. Any suggestions? I like having lots of rocks in the cage, so paper towels and reptile carpet become more of a chore. Tiles? River rocks?

Thoughts?
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Torey
Eugene, Oregon, USA
1.1 Saharan Uros (Joe and Arthur)
3.0 Mali Uros (Spike, Turtle, and Tank)
1.1 Ornate Uros (Scuttlebutt and Shazzbot)
0.1 Collared Lizard (Rorschach)
2.1 Green Anoles (Bowser, Sprocket, Leeloo)
1.1 Chubby Housecats (Roscolux and Jenny)

Nice to hear Rory is getting things to MOVE . Ya know if you like to use rocks, (Me too) why not just use them and have nothing as a substrate.

Put some sort of construction paper or whatever you like as far as color under the tank, so when looking at it, it will look as if it's in there through the glass bottom.

Just have your rocks here and there, wipe clean as needed. You could toss a few river rocks here and there to make it look cool, but still be easy to clean and safer for her if she eats sand. Just a thought as this is the way I keep my hatchlings.

I used to use the paper towels but found that the crickets would hide from the baby lizards, and ME, and at night I would see a mess of them and would have to get them out to keep the kids safe. Then I decided to NOT put anything in there and leave the bottom just glass, with a basking spot, and safe rocks and a cave, water, toilet paper roll, when your done adding things, theres not that much glass showing anyway! Also it is so easy to just wipe up during the day.
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PHEve / Eve