lovelymimi
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I took Genji to the vet and had bloodwork done. The vet called me and essentially said she has high calcium, low protein and is mildly dehydrated. He didn't think it was too serious, and she seems completely healthy otherwise. He considered she might even be gravid, but I have not seen her dig. No lumps on her belly. I am taking her for another blood test in 2 weeks. However now I am panicking, of course, as to what to feed her.
After looking through info and assessing my setup: She was overdue for a UVB bulb by a couple months. And ideally I will raise her basking rock a few inches higher. Her UVB is reptisun T5 10.0, her tank is a 4x2x2 Zen habitat. Basking spot hovers around 100 degrees F and is a 100watt. I supplement calcium, sometimes with D3. My guess is she has excess calcium in her blood she could not use properly due to the lack of enough UVB. I do take her outside sometimes.
I replaced her UVB bulb today--brand new. Then I fed cilantro leaves and butternut squash baby food. She loved it.
What should I feed her to not make the situation worse? I picked squash today because it seemed a safe staple choice. She usually eats zucchini, kale, broccoli (high in calcium ), carrots, peppers, mustard greens, Repashy, Mazuri, crickets, rarely berry. Supplements weekly.
She is extremely active, runs around in our living room ALL day. Her tank is on the floor. She basks on her rock, jumps off and runs around exploring, eventually runs back to her basking rock and repeats. She's not stressed, and stays bright yellow. Good appetite too, eats nearly anything. Age is 3.
After looking through info and assessing my setup: She was overdue for a UVB bulb by a couple months. And ideally I will raise her basking rock a few inches higher. Her UVB is reptisun T5 10.0, her tank is a 4x2x2 Zen habitat. Basking spot hovers around 100 degrees F and is a 100watt. I supplement calcium, sometimes with D3. My guess is she has excess calcium in her blood she could not use properly due to the lack of enough UVB. I do take her outside sometimes.
I replaced her UVB bulb today--brand new. Then I fed cilantro leaves and butternut squash baby food. She loved it.
What should I feed her to not make the situation worse? I picked squash today because it seemed a safe staple choice. She usually eats zucchini, kale, broccoli (high in calcium ), carrots, peppers, mustard greens, Repashy, Mazuri, crickets, rarely berry. Supplements weekly.
She is extremely active, runs around in our living room ALL day. Her tank is on the floor. She basks on her rock, jumps off and runs around exploring, eventually runs back to her basking rock and repeats. She's not stressed, and stays bright yellow. Good appetite too, eats nearly anything. Age is 3.