I decided to make a new thread for the terrible trio here because I want to keep all of their updates in one place, but I don't want to spam up the Introductions section. It was one month ago today that I picked them up. Can you believe it? A month already!
Phineas is doing GREAT. He has really got the hang of eating worms from a dish. Now he can eat all of the worms I put in there in less than ten minutes. Now I'm starting to teach him to eat worms out of his salad bowl. He's catching on really quickly, and I'm hoping he's getting a few bites of salad at the same time. His weight increased dramatically this week. He's up to 502g this week from 458g last week. My big boy is finally starting to fill out and look less like Skinny Phinny, and more like Phat Phinny. :mrgreen: He poops every day or two, loves his baths, and best of all, loves to cuddle with me.
Bob still hates me and isn't shy about showing it. I had him out for his daily walkabout today, and the little brat kept running away from me! His mouth rot is starting to clear up, but not as well as I would like. Getting a q-tip in his mouth is very, very difficult, so his medication schedule is not as consistent as it should be. He's not much of an eater - only three or four worms every day. His weight has been holding steady at just over 400g for the last couple of weeks, so I'm not too worried. He leaves me a tiny poop every morning.
Chloe doesn't like me much either, and I'm a bit worried about her right now. She used to be a voracious eater, but she's really slowed down. The last few days, she hasn't eaten anything at all. I tried to syringe feed her tonight and she wasn't having any of it. I didn't weigh her today because she seemed really stressed out and I didn't want to make it worse. She's had her dark colours on for quite a while and it worries me. The only reason I can think of that she isn't feeling well is maybe because of the switch from the Megaray in the big enclosure with Bob, to the ReptiSun 10.0 in her new enclosure. I was going to wait until the ReptiSun's six months were up before I got her a Megaray, but I decided to order her a Megaray today just in case that's the problem. It should be here in a week or two so hopefully it will help her to perk up a bit.
Here is a picture of how I found Bob sleeping the other night:
Here is Bob with his brand new tummy:
Here is Phinny with his happy colours on after a nice swim:
I don't have any new pics of Chloe because I've been trying not to stress her out. I'll get some soon though!
Phineas is doing GREAT. He has really got the hang of eating worms from a dish. Now he can eat all of the worms I put in there in less than ten minutes. Now I'm starting to teach him to eat worms out of his salad bowl. He's catching on really quickly, and I'm hoping he's getting a few bites of salad at the same time. His weight increased dramatically this week. He's up to 502g this week from 458g last week. My big boy is finally starting to fill out and look less like Skinny Phinny, and more like Phat Phinny. :mrgreen: He poops every day or two, loves his baths, and best of all, loves to cuddle with me.
Bob still hates me and isn't shy about showing it. I had him out for his daily walkabout today, and the little brat kept running away from me! His mouth rot is starting to clear up, but not as well as I would like. Getting a q-tip in his mouth is very, very difficult, so his medication schedule is not as consistent as it should be. He's not much of an eater - only three or four worms every day. His weight has been holding steady at just over 400g for the last couple of weeks, so I'm not too worried. He leaves me a tiny poop every morning.
Chloe doesn't like me much either, and I'm a bit worried about her right now. She used to be a voracious eater, but she's really slowed down. The last few days, she hasn't eaten anything at all. I tried to syringe feed her tonight and she wasn't having any of it. I didn't weigh her today because she seemed really stressed out and I didn't want to make it worse. She's had her dark colours on for quite a while and it worries me. The only reason I can think of that she isn't feeling well is maybe because of the switch from the Megaray in the big enclosure with Bob, to the ReptiSun 10.0 in her new enclosure. I was going to wait until the ReptiSun's six months were up before I got her a Megaray, but I decided to order her a Megaray today just in case that's the problem. It should be here in a week or two so hopefully it will help her to perk up a bit.
Here is a picture of how I found Bob sleeping the other night:
Here is Bob with his brand new tummy:
Here is Phinny with his happy colours on after a nice swim:
I don't have any new pics of Chloe because I've been trying not to stress her out. I'll get some soon though!
