AHBD":cet6encc said:
She did just poo Ellen.
BTW, how much was it ? If you haven't cleaned it up can you get a picture ? Was it properly formed and was there any sand or undigested food in it ?
I appreciate you guys so much! Really, thanks for all the help and advice. She is doing much better than when I found her this morning. She is holding her head up, and is alert.
The poop -- much celebrated
-- was about 1/2 a dime size maybe? I don't know what normal poop looks like, so I have nothing to judge it against! It was black, and had a white, chalky chunk in it. (It looked similar to my bird's poop.) I cleaned it up and didn't think to take a picture or really inspect it closely.
And I went to the store before I received the post with all the good info about the capsules and syringes! We mixed prune, pumpkin, water and a little bit of olive oil. I couldn't get unflavored Pedialyte. And I tried to give this to her with the same smallish syringe that I have for administering kiddo medicine. It was a pretty fruitless experience. Dripping didn't work. And when I got it up under her lip (sort of), she laid her head on my hand and closed her eyes, clamping her jaw shut. We did get a lot of the mixture on the rest of her body, and mine as well! We gave her another warm
bath to clean her off. She licked my daughter's thumb a few times and we managed to get 1 small kale leaf in her mouth.
And we took her outside, which she seemed to really enjoy. Not too hot today, so my daughter just held her on her lap. We didn't want to put her in the grass because we have so many red ants. She was inquisitive and somewhat active. Now she is back in her tank and standing on top of her basking rock. We left a new bowl of organic kale, dandelion leaves and orange pepper in her tank ... which she is ignoring.
I have called the 2 pet stores and all the "live bait" stores in my immediate area (we basically live on an island) and nobody has any suitable live food. So tonight after my son finishes homework we are making a 2-hour trek to go get small crickets, a probe thermometer, and new lighting if we can find it at Petland.
Question -- we probably won't get home until about 8pm. Can I feed her then, and put her to bed at 10pm after some basking time?
If she's still awake when you get home - sure
My schedules for my hatchlings were :
>> lights on (timer) 6am
>> my hatchlings' first feed of live insect (largest feed of three feeds per day) @ 10am
>> second feed of live insects was @ 2pm
>> last feed of live insects was @ 6-7pm (diner time) & I offered shredded greens and grated veg then. (IMO is best to give the salad to hatchlings later in the day than earlier).
>> lights out 10pm
>> Being retired we were able to manage 3 feeds = no1 is 45% + no2 is 35% + no3 is 20% + salad was my schedule of daily insect ration , if you are not a SAH mom , you might need to settle for 2 insect meals per day unless you are cunning and buy insects that can be left in a dish and wont scurry off and hide (silkworms , blowfly gents , BSF lavae are able to be left ( as the second of three meals).
I varied the feeders and feeding sizes
>> first feed included a couple insects given by hand ==> bonding
>> feed no1 and no2 = crickets (20-25day old ie 1/4 size)
>> feed no3 was small (1-1.5 inch) silkworms
>> if you can get BSF lavae ( Phoenix Worms ) these are great feeder insects for hatchlings.
>> I'd get enough crickets to last 2 weeks + a pot of BSF lavae & a box of mixed silkworms (1/2 inch - 1 inch long) and mulberry leaves or chow (comes in powder form in a bag (is easy to cook and make ready for the silkworms to eat it).
>> is OK to mix and match live feeders insects , even have different live insects for each of her three meal, a lot of small meals in her case are better than 2 or 3 larger meals , let her eat her fill each meal.
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Also, I have some photos but I'm not sure how to upload to this post. Can someone advise?
Thanks again!!
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