Our baby Savannah bit off then ate our gecko's tail. he vomited it up a couple of days later. He hasn't eaten since then and we are worried he may die. Any advice on what to do would be appreciated. TIA Katherine
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Sick Savannah
kjbuchanan
Sep 28, 2003 02:30 AM
Replies (4)
meretseger
Sep 28, 2003 06:38 AM
... ... ... is the gecko ok? How long ago did this happen?
Eating a gecko's tail wouldn't make it sick (unless the gecko was sick too), something else is wrong with it. You'll need to post how you're keeping the monitor so the savanna experts here can tell you if it's good or not, and you may want to think strongly about a vet visit if the monitor's as bad off as that.
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Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?
kjbuchanan
Sep 28, 2003 11:24 PM
We have him in a large aquarium (40 gal) with reptibark. He has a house and a water dish he can lay in. We've been feeding him crickets. The gecko's ok, he just looks funny without a tail.
meretseger
Sep 29, 2003 06:46 AM
If your temps aren't warm enough that will add a lot of stress. It can cause them to throw up just because they can't get warm enough to digest.
He might have internal parasites, too, I think those are common in savs. If everything else is ok, that would be what I would look at.
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Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?
snakeguyVicBC
Sep 30, 2003 01:59 AM
Yes, try to boost up a little bit of temps. Something I am curious about is how the sav got to the gecko. I hope they are not sharing the same enclosures. Try offering him some kingworms/waxworms/or mealworms in a shallow dish, just to try to get something else in there moving for him to catch. Remove all the crickets and start over with fresh ones.
Think of it this way. If you were to Vomit, would you want to go and eat something right away?
If the sav is a baby (and he is) he may be a little confused about wanting to eat again since the last time he did that, he was sick. A good way to trigger appitite is to offer a live pinkie. They are very strong in odor. It may stimulate feeding. Its worth a shot.
G/L
