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Well I took my little blue guy over to see my friend the furry animal vet on Saturday and he weighed him and then figured out how much panacure to worm him with. As of Wednesday morning he still had not eaten anything or pooped anywhere that I could find so I picked up some chicken vegetable dinner baby food at the grocery during lunch. Last night I mixed in a little water and some of the calcium powder that I dust his crickets with (when he eats them). I gave him about .7 ml of the mixture. I called my vet friend again and he brought some anitbiotic called chloro-something or other with him to church and I gave Little Blue his first dose this morning (in case he has a respiratory infection) and some more of the baby food mixture. He doesn't look dehydrated as his skin is not wrinkly and he doesn't look particularly skinny but he has got to be losing weight since he hasn't eaten as far a I can tell in over two weeks. An interesting thing I noticed is that when I go to catch him or if he moves quickly he sort of vibrates or shakes all over. It could be because he is weak but I'm wondering if he may have eaten a Mexican Bean beatle (house ladybug) that we have all over our house. It is possible it could have gotten into his cage. I was interested in what windyj420 had to say about her sick lizard because it sounds very much like how my female acted right before she died. She would leave her tongue sticking out also. Anyhow, I don't know what else to try. His temps are fine in his cage so if he doesn't have a respiratory infection I certainly hope he isn't impacted because I don't know that there would be anything I could do to help there. If they are impacted, how long does it take for them to get sick and die?

My little guy is doing a little better. I have been feeding him baby food twice a day and keeping him hydrated with a reptile electrolyte mixture. He has started opening his eyes a little more often and has started to fight me when I try and feed him. I dont know what happened to make him so sick. I hope your baby gets better, sorry to hear about that. What happened to yours that died? What was wrong with her? Thanks.....

The girl lizard I lost never was right after coming out of brumation. She just never got much of an appetite. Because I didn't know my furry animal vet friend was willing to try and help my lizards at least a little bit, she was too far gone before I took her to see him. I tried to force feed her some waxies and soaked her in water but it didn't help. I don't really know why she died. Could be worms because I didn't know I was supposed to be worming them on a regular basis until last week when the male started getting sick too and I began asking about it. I do know that she was drinking because I saw her drinking several times when she was sick so I don't think she was dehydrated or that dehydration was the source of her problem. I'm glad your litte lizard is getting better. I wish mine would get better too.