- Beardie name(s)
- Devlyn
[Edit 1/08/20 - Vet thinks between 2-3 weeks is acceptable before any poop or urate waking from brumating. Unless there signs something was wrong it's okay to wait and reassess. My water efforts are good unless she goes 3 weeks without poop/urate or there were symptoms of a problem]
Edit #2 on 1/20/20, Devlyn started pooping last week. Several good poops so far. The 3rd poop was watery, rest were normal. I think she needed those hornworms and I did enforce drinking some water every few days. I offered fruit and moist vegetables, nope.
Hi all, of you've never met Devlyn she doesn't like to drink water. She woke from brumating on Saturday and from some behaviors and appearance I think she woke up dehydrated.
Her skin was tenting and has extra small folds along the abdomen. She is smacking her lips, for lack of a better description, which is unusual. 16 months old. I put in a new Arcadia T5 12% that has a reflector. Her hot spot is 100-105°F but she is staying at about 90-98°F by her choice depending on where she is basking.
Through some effort she has drank some water. Do I need to worry about giving water with enough time under her heat lamp like with food? I couldn't find a decent answer looking around online. It takes over an hour with a dropper for her to drink 5mL of water. She is very reluctant to drink, always has been. This is the first time she has ever accepted water by dropper, that has me worried that is willing to drink, she must be so thirsty. She also is not a fan of fruit or water rich vegetables like cucumber, but I'll keep trying on that end too
I have also given her smallish hornworms, one each day the past three days. I can get more hornworms, not an issue. But then I worry since she hasn't poop yet from waking up. She also ate a small amount of collard and bok choy greens and 6 small crickets since waking up
She is much less wrinkled, and nearly smooth abdomen skin after the efforts listed above. Pic below, not the best. Top is after waking, see on left that wrinkled tenting skin. A few days of some pretty heavy drinking effort and her pancake is smooth now
Edit #2 on 1/20/20, Devlyn started pooping last week. Several good poops so far. The 3rd poop was watery, rest were normal. I think she needed those hornworms and I did enforce drinking some water every few days. I offered fruit and moist vegetables, nope.
Hi all, of you've never met Devlyn she doesn't like to drink water. She woke from brumating on Saturday and from some behaviors and appearance I think she woke up dehydrated.
Her skin was tenting and has extra small folds along the abdomen. She is smacking her lips, for lack of a better description, which is unusual. 16 months old. I put in a new Arcadia T5 12% that has a reflector. Her hot spot is 100-105°F but she is staying at about 90-98°F by her choice depending on where she is basking.
Through some effort she has drank some water. Do I need to worry about giving water with enough time under her heat lamp like with food? I couldn't find a decent answer looking around online. It takes over an hour with a dropper for her to drink 5mL of water. She is very reluctant to drink, always has been. This is the first time she has ever accepted water by dropper, that has me worried that is willing to drink, she must be so thirsty. She also is not a fan of fruit or water rich vegetables like cucumber, but I'll keep trying on that end too
I have also given her smallish hornworms, one each day the past three days. I can get more hornworms, not an issue. But then I worry since she hasn't poop yet from waking up. She also ate a small amount of collard and bok choy greens and 6 small crickets since waking up
She is much less wrinkled, and nearly smooth abdomen skin after the efforts listed above. Pic below, not the best. Top is after waking, see on left that wrinkled tenting skin. A few days of some pretty heavy drinking effort and her pancake is smooth now