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Hello all. I haven't posted here much since my first thread, but I have searched this forum for most of my Questions. We have a hatchling Leo we got in May, and until the last week, was doing great. We keep him well hydrated, daily soaks, humidity in the tub, with a damp hide. He gets a variety of food, greens, grassland tortoise diet, some mazuri, cactus pads, etc. And we keep a little bit of cuttlebone in there, which I see him nibble on. He has a basking lamp, with a hot spot directly underneath that get's between 95° - 98°, tapering off to about 80-82° on the cooler end. Nighttime temps are between 78° - 82°. We cover him up to keep the AC from blowing over his cage. With a reptisun 10.0 UVB Fluorescent tube. The one thing is we haven't gotten him outside as much as I would like for natural sun, but he does get a little at least once a week. He is kept in a large rabbit type cage, basically a large tub with a wire rack that fits over the top (Cat proofing, lol).
So the last few days he has started to eat less, and yesterday not at all apparently. And now reading Tom's thread, he has every symptom of "Hatchling Failure Syndrome". Including coming from a breeder that told me when we got him to feed them romaine and that they didn't really need much water, he soaks them "a few times a week", etc... That changed the day we got him home, but...
He was actually a Birthday present for out 14 year old daughter. She has done most of the care of him the last few months, giving him a daily bath, making sure his lights are on in time every morning, even all summer since she's been out of School. Feeding him every morning.
Is there something worth trying? I have read of people soaking them in baby food? Is a vet trip worth it, is there something they can do? I am all but positive he isn't dehydrated, I was actually worried he may have been to wet, he likes his moist hide allot.
Thanks for any advice anyone can offer, I can see this subject has been asked and beaten into the ground, and I am sorry to ask such a newbie question. I know so much about snakes, care, husbandry, health, etc, but I feel like such a rookie in all this.
Dave
So the last few days he has started to eat less, and yesterday not at all apparently. And now reading Tom's thread, he has every symptom of "Hatchling Failure Syndrome". Including coming from a breeder that told me when we got him to feed them romaine and that they didn't really need much water, he soaks them "a few times a week", etc... That changed the day we got him home, but...
He was actually a Birthday present for out 14 year old daughter. She has done most of the care of him the last few months, giving him a daily bath, making sure his lights are on in time every morning, even all summer since she's been out of School. Feeding him every morning.
Is there something worth trying? I have read of people soaking them in baby food? Is a vet trip worth it, is there something they can do? I am all but positive he isn't dehydrated, I was actually worried he may have been to wet, he likes his moist hide allot.
Thanks for any advice anyone can offer, I can see this subject has been asked and beaten into the ground, and I am sorry to ask such a newbie question. I know so much about snakes, care, husbandry, health, etc, but I feel like such a rookie in all this.
Dave