And I can't help but think maybe I did something wrong?
It started Wednesday when she refused to eat. She was still alert and basking and I didn't see one day of no eating as a reason to worry. Thursday I got up and fixed her greens, as usual. I had school all day and work that night so I asked my dad to feed, and she wouldn't eat that night either. I held her a bit when I got home, after lights out (mostly to show my dad that she isn't a scary lizard and I let her sleep with me while I watch Netflix before bed). So since her lights were already out, I didn't think to make a note about any of her movements being slow, if they were. Friday is when I really started getting worried. That night she was hardly moving and was straining her stomach like it was bothering her. So I immediately put her in warm water and started rubbing her belly, incase it was impaction. I did that for about 10 minutes and decided I was going to take her to the vet first thing this morning. I kept her with me until about 3am last night when I went to bed. i woke up at around 8:30 to find that she had passed sometime in the 6 hours I had been sleeping. I am beyond sad.
She ate crickets and I dusted them with calcium a few times a week. And she got a bowl full of greens (which she loved) every day. There were pellets in her cage too, which is what I think impacted her (if that was her cause of death). Her basking temperature was 105 and the uvb light was nearing 6 months old so I was planning to buy a new one this weekend. I also used reptile carpet as her substrate.
I've only had Pascal for nearly 6 months and I loved that little lizard. I just wish I would have noticed that something was extremely wrong sooner so that I could have done something for her..
It started Wednesday when she refused to eat. She was still alert and basking and I didn't see one day of no eating as a reason to worry. Thursday I got up and fixed her greens, as usual. I had school all day and work that night so I asked my dad to feed, and she wouldn't eat that night either. I held her a bit when I got home, after lights out (mostly to show my dad that she isn't a scary lizard and I let her sleep with me while I watch Netflix before bed). So since her lights were already out, I didn't think to make a note about any of her movements being slow, if they were. Friday is when I really started getting worried. That night she was hardly moving and was straining her stomach like it was bothering her. So I immediately put her in warm water and started rubbing her belly, incase it was impaction. I did that for about 10 minutes and decided I was going to take her to the vet first thing this morning. I kept her with me until about 3am last night when I went to bed. i woke up at around 8:30 to find that she had passed sometime in the 6 hours I had been sleeping. I am beyond sad.
She ate crickets and I dusted them with calcium a few times a week. And she got a bowl full of greens (which she loved) every day. There were pellets in her cage too, which is what I think impacted her (if that was her cause of death). Her basking temperature was 105 and the uvb light was nearing 6 months old so I was planning to buy a new one this weekend. I also used reptile carpet as her substrate.
I've only had Pascal for nearly 6 months and I loved that little lizard. I just wish I would have noticed that something was extremely wrong sooner so that I could have done something for her..