Recent content by khartley

So as an update, this little guy is still alive but still not doing very well. It did have its first solid urate 2 days ago. There hasn't been any blood in it for a couple weeks now. However, I'm still having a really hard time getting it to eat anything, take any liquid or slurrie or baby...

Sorry for not updating in a few days. In response to EllenD, I did get some unflavored Pedialyte several days ago, but it must have some sort of taste to it because I couldn't get her to drink any. So I've been adding it to her bath water where she drinks quite a lot. I don't feed supers...

I have never seen any living creature so thirsty in my life :( Every day I take a small shallow dish and drip some vitamin/calcium/electrolyte/acidophiliz water in and this little thing just drinks and drinks and drinks. She also drinks every time I give her a soak in the tub too. Unreal...

I've been giving her daily baths, thats when she drinks so much. Her color might be a little brighter today, and I think she is a little more alert. I wasn't able to get her to eat anything yesterday or so far today, but I'm going to try again with some squash baby food in a little bit. I'm...

I have the equipment and a microscope to do my own fecals, but I haven't due to the holidays. Just from personal experience as a rescuer I am 99% certain that this one has worms, but not severe. I would say mid to mild. I will wait on the panacur. Good call on the protein, I did syringe...

Hi there, this little guy is about 6 months old, rescued from an Ace Hardware where he was being fed a few worms every three days, incorrect basking temp, minimal uvb, and very dry enclosure. I brought him home and he weighs 23 grams. His enclosure has paper towel substrate, and I have a...