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RE: help, sick lizard

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Posted by: olstyn at Mon Nov 17 23:35:57 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by olstyn ]  
   

Pinkies are not a normal part of a crested's diet, but in terms of getting this one going, it might have been ok - at least it'll have been high in fat and calcium. I probably would not feed him too many more pinks though. As far as getting him to eat CGD, it may take a little time to get him switched over. Start by mixing it 50/50 with the fruit baby food you've been feeding and gradually increase the percentage of CGD until it's 100%. Another thing to do to get them used to the idea that CGD is food is dusting crickets with it - once they've eaten a few crickets dusted with CGD, they recognize the taste and smell as food.

On the euthanasia thing, freezing does not sound like a pleasant way to go to me, but then, my current job puts me in a -15 F freezer for extended periods (can be upwards of 3 hours sometimes) on a fairly regular basis, so I probably have a bit more firsthand experience than you on that. Even 1/2 hour in there can result in significant levels of pain in your extremities. I personally would much rather be lethally injected - at least that's fast. Also, the one animal I've ever seen euthanized by lethal injection didn't seem to suffer at all - it was over in a second or two and there were no convulsions, defecation, etc.
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