Recent content by sangi39

Just wanted to post another quick update. His Holiness' weight, as of about an hour ago, is 374g. Much better than the 304g he weighed back in January. His eating habits have massively improved and, though I'm still feeding him by hand, he'll happily go through a box of locusts, a fair number...

Thought I'd post a quick update, even though it's only been just over a week. Benny has been drinking from the syringe, and occasionally on his own afterwards. I'm still mostly feeding him by hand, but he does seem to be eating on his own as well, but I've been at work when that's happened...

Yeah, I may have gone a bit overboard with the amount of information I put in one post :P But one of those "more is better" situations, I guess. So, for the moment, keep trying to hydrate him with a syringe, hand-feed him and speak to the vet again, and then see how he gets on? :)

Haha, so many of my friends say that when they see photos of him now (I worry, I share) That's exactly how I hydrate him at the moment, so that was awesome to hear. I mean, obviously not the kidney bit, but confirmation that I'm doing something right is never a bad thing. Once he's had a...

Thanks for the response. He was weighed at the vets, but unfortunately I've forgotten what the measurement was (I could pop in tomorrow, I assume, to check if they kept his weight on record). He currently weighs 304g (10.8oz), and is 48cm/18.9in long (22cm/8.6in excluding his tail) which, going...