you really need to get the night time temperature into the 80's. There should be no place in the habitat that is below 80 degrees when you are trying to get a sick hatching to recover. Be sure to keep the humidity up as well. It its weight staying the same or is it getting lighter? if its...
I had a leopard hatchling that had very similar symptoms to yours. I had to feed it baby food with a feeding needle for a few weeks before it started eating. if finally started to eat a little but was still losing weight so I went back to the vet and he gave me Batryl (antibiotic) that I...
I am looking for a female leopard tortoise. I would prefer it to be a yearling or older. Please send me pictures along with price and shipping information. [email protected]
I got a megaray 275 watt and it burned out after 2 weeks. It took 5 months to get a replacement. The replacement lasted about a month then it too burned out. They said that they would ship me another replacement right away but it has been a month now and it has not showed up. I don't know...
I sent a nasty email to mega ray yesterday and got an e mail back from them this morning saying that my order slipped through the cracks and they are very sorry. It supposedly shipped out today. We shall see if it actually shows up this time. I would rather have to wait 5 months for a good...
I have been waiting for a replacement 275 watt mega ray for five months now. The first bulb I got burned out in two days and for the past 5 months they have been telling that they will ship the replacement any day now. I just want the truth! Is this company good or bad? They have stopped...
I have a very small leopard tort that was 36 grams when I got him. After I had him for a couple of weeks he stopped eating and started losing weight. his feces was light in color and gooey. I always soaked him daily and he would usually drink. After a week of not eating I took him to the vet...
I have a wood stove in my house for heat which works great. Now days generators are pretty cheap also. you could probably find one that would run a couple of basking lamps and heat pads for $200 but it won't be the best of quality. It will last a long time if it is properly maintained though...
Thanks! I do not have any eye ointment but I would like to give that a try. What kind is it? Antibiotic eye ointment or something else. There is a feed store less than a mile from my house but I don't know which ointment to buy. I have some Zoo Med repti-turtle eye drops that I have been...
After about 3 days on the Baytril chester became much more active and began to eat on his own. He still only opens his eyes for about 30 minutes after I soak him in warm water. I soak him twice a day and he spends a few hours eating after each time. I am a little concerned about his weight...
To grow inside you will likely need fluorescent grow bulbs, high pressure sodium bulbs, or metal halide bulbs. A fluorescent grow setup is by far the cheapest but you have to buy good bulbs made for growing plants and the need to be within a few inches of the tops of the plants so the hight...
I am quite sure that he can smell because he made his way to the feeding area several times without opening his eyes this morning. I thought that maybe he couldn't smell at first too so I moved him like 2 feet away from his food 3 different times in different directions and he turned around...
I am soaking him in bird vitamin water once per day and normal water once per day. Today when I offered him food he went over to his feeding station several times and pushed the greens around with his nose for a long time but never opened his mouth and ate any. He seems a little more active today.
I talked to the vet on Thursday and he wanted me to come in and get the little guy started on antibiotics. He said that Baytril is the only one that he could even begin to prepare that small on a dose with. We decided that the doses have to he administered orally because there is no way to...
I have already bumped up the temps and am soaking him 2 times per day. I will switch him back to coir as soon as possible. I think it is very possible that he is younger than 7 months because I chose him out of 5 that were all the same size and from the same clutch. When I got him I could...
When I first got him I kept a small water dish in his cage that had a ramp so he could easily get in and out. He would go in there every day on his own until he got sick. I took the water out of his cage and started soaking him so I could be 100% sure he was still drinking. I have always used...
My 7 month old leopard quit eating and became much less active about 2 weeks ago. After one week of not eating I noticed white gooey feces so I took the little guy (or girl) to the vet. The vet said that he wasn't sure what the problem is but checked the feces for parasites and said it was...