Hey all! Apologies for the delay;
I'm really happy to say that I think Milo is slowly getting better by the day. I took him off the antibiotics 2 days back because I just didn't feel like he was reacting well at all. The vet said we can try another antibiotic if needed, otherwise to take him off. I've been force-feeding him a few pieces of squash dusted in the probiotics mixture to help soothe his tummy, as well as doing long, daily soaks with the probiotics mixed into his bath. I really think this is helping him, since today he finally was eager to eat a little!!
As for the tremors, they are significantly less than before! I can still see/feel them here and there but compared to the first day, he is doing so much better!! There are WAY less tremors than before. He's still getting the calcium supplement daily, as well as slowly regaining his appetite. He ate only one hornworm yesterday, and two superworms tonight so I know he's at least getting that appetite back. He definitely still isn't at his 100% (acting a little lethargic and black bearded randomly in the day) but he's mostly alert, still active, etc the vast majority of time. I ended up bumping his timer up by an extra 2.5 hours so his lights are on longer. I figured this was best for him since he'll be getting longer UVB sessions + it mimics the summer time more. So his lights are on from 8-10:30 ish. Is this a good idea, or is 12 hours plenty?
Thank you all by the way for your help and suggestions. I was so worried I was going to lose him... I'm feeling so much more confident that this isn't the virus, and instead was just a calcium issue. To counter this in the future, I'll be supply him with reptiworms at all times and slowly going to wean him off superworms. Generally he likes all worms, but he goes straight for the supers over anything else. Going to even try breeding up some reptiworms and get him back onto dubias as well..... hopefully. I see that a MAJOR diet change has to happen so this doesn't worsen or rebound, so I'll be trying everything. If I have to forcefeed him the protein/veggie mix that was suggested above, I'll even do that. Anything for my little buddy.
I'll keep you all posted on his continued progress!!
OH to answer the questions above- His light is 2ft above, but his basking spot and other ledges he lays on are higher so generally he's 1-1.5ft away from it. And he gets multivitamin and calcium+d3 supplements dusted on his proteins and pellets ( these two supplements https://www.amazon.com/HERPTIVITE-Multivitamin-reptiles-amphibians-Bottle/dp/B00076HT3S/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=herpavite&qid=1558571895&s=gateway&sr=8-1)
I'm really happy to say that I think Milo is slowly getting better by the day. I took him off the antibiotics 2 days back because I just didn't feel like he was reacting well at all. The vet said we can try another antibiotic if needed, otherwise to take him off. I've been force-feeding him a few pieces of squash dusted in the probiotics mixture to help soothe his tummy, as well as doing long, daily soaks with the probiotics mixed into his bath. I really think this is helping him, since today he finally was eager to eat a little!!
As for the tremors, they are significantly less than before! I can still see/feel them here and there but compared to the first day, he is doing so much better!! There are WAY less tremors than before. He's still getting the calcium supplement daily, as well as slowly regaining his appetite. He ate only one hornworm yesterday, and two superworms tonight so I know he's at least getting that appetite back. He definitely still isn't at his 100% (acting a little lethargic and black bearded randomly in the day) but he's mostly alert, still active, etc the vast majority of time. I ended up bumping his timer up by an extra 2.5 hours so his lights are on longer. I figured this was best for him since he'll be getting longer UVB sessions + it mimics the summer time more. So his lights are on from 8-10:30 ish. Is this a good idea, or is 12 hours plenty?
Thank you all by the way for your help and suggestions. I was so worried I was going to lose him... I'm feeling so much more confident that this isn't the virus, and instead was just a calcium issue. To counter this in the future, I'll be supply him with reptiworms at all times and slowly going to wean him off superworms. Generally he likes all worms, but he goes straight for the supers over anything else. Going to even try breeding up some reptiworms and get him back onto dubias as well..... hopefully. I see that a MAJOR diet change has to happen so this doesn't worsen or rebound, so I'll be trying everything. If I have to forcefeed him the protein/veggie mix that was suggested above, I'll even do that. Anything for my little buddy.
I'll keep you all posted on his continued progress!!
OH to answer the questions above- His light is 2ft above, but his basking spot and other ledges he lays on are higher so generally he's 1-1.5ft away from it. And he gets multivitamin and calcium+d3 supplements dusted on his proteins and pellets ( these two supplements https://www.amazon.com/HERPTIVITE-Multivitamin-reptiles-amphibians-Bottle/dp/B00076HT3S/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=herpavite&qid=1558571895&s=gateway&sr=8-1)