possumpeg
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Okay, so I posted a week or so ago about Cheddar going crazy in her tank and tearing up the set up. So, since she's about 9 mo old, I put her in a tank with damp play sand and organic soil. She promptly dug and dug and dug until she disappeared for a few days. I posted that I didn't know how long she would stay there and whether I should be worried about her.
I was asked to move my post, to her introduction page, and I did but didn't get any responses. I probably did something wrong, so I blame it on being a newbie, sorry
Anyway, she was in there for about 5 days, no eating, drinking, pooping. She finally emerged and I put her back in her regular enclosure. She has been sulking and still not eating, drinking, or pooping. So I took her to the vet Friday. Grand total she had not eaten anything for 12 days. The vet was very concerned. She said that if she was getting food and water everyday, and her lighting and environment had not changed, she shouldn't be brumating and she didn't think she was egg bound. So, she took an x-ray...
Sadness... She has an impaction. So, I'm suppose to force feed her, which I hate doing because it feels so wrong to force her. They gave her a laxative. She told me to give her baby food and I asked if I could use a food processor and puree her regular greens and bugs. She thought that would be great and much more appealing than baby food. She asked me to add water and a tiny amount of gatorade for the potassium. She also managed to get a blood sample and the results for that will be back Monday evening or Tuesday.
We still don't know what she injested to make her so miserable. I thought that maybe while she was digging around her enclosure, she might have eaten some newspaper or a tiny sliver of driftwood since she wasn't well before I put her in the sand tank.
She's so beautiful and super mellow. I hate that she's sick. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. I'm bathing her once a day for a few minutes. She doesn't really swim, but she sits in the water and it looks like she's swallowing even though her mouth is out of the water.
Say a little prayer for Cheddar.
I was asked to move my post, to her introduction page, and I did but didn't get any responses. I probably did something wrong, so I blame it on being a newbie, sorry
Anyway, she was in there for about 5 days, no eating, drinking, pooping. She finally emerged and I put her back in her regular enclosure. She has been sulking and still not eating, drinking, or pooping. So I took her to the vet Friday. Grand total she had not eaten anything for 12 days. The vet was very concerned. She said that if she was getting food and water everyday, and her lighting and environment had not changed, she shouldn't be brumating and she didn't think she was egg bound. So, she took an x-ray...
Sadness... She has an impaction. So, I'm suppose to force feed her, which I hate doing because it feels so wrong to force her. They gave her a laxative. She told me to give her baby food and I asked if I could use a food processor and puree her regular greens and bugs. She thought that would be great and much more appealing than baby food. She asked me to add water and a tiny amount of gatorade for the potassium. She also managed to get a blood sample and the results for that will be back Monday evening or Tuesday.
We still don't know what she injested to make her so miserable. I thought that maybe while she was digging around her enclosure, she might have eaten some newspaper or a tiny sliver of driftwood since she wasn't well before I put her in the sand tank.
She's so beautiful and super mellow. I hate that she's sick. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. I'm bathing her once a day for a few minutes. She doesn't really swim, but she sits in the water and it looks like she's swallowing even though her mouth is out of the water.
Say a little prayer for Cheddar.