RioReptiles
Sub-Adult Member
I rescued two babies yesterday who are very dehydrated and under nourished. They are extremely skinny with no fat stores and stained badly from calci-sand. I have bathed them twice since last night for 20 to 30 minutes in warm water. I was also told they had only had greens for the past week so I gave them 3/8" to 1/2" crickets. Today my daughter called me at work and said it looked like one threw up crickets in the water dish and acted like he had to poo but couldn't and seemed to be weak and shaky. When I got home he was basking limply with dark beard and eyes half closed. I can feel a hard lump in his belly and realized it is probably calci-sand which is probably causing the crickets I gave him to block him completely. I have since soaked him for 20 or so minutes and tried to give a few drops of olive oil. If someone could please give me a run down of what I should be doing and how often I should be doing it until I can get to a vet tomorrow, I would really appreciate the help. Thank you so much! Cheryl