AHBD":3qcq8che said:No beating people with sticks, you will just end up in jail and no one will be able to care for your sick girl. Ha-ha ! As far as higher protein / fat type foods, it may be best to keep giving what you are [ I don't remember if you have Critical Care formula from your vet] , but maybe add some of that a little at a time to her present diet. I can't remember if you make insect + veggie smoothie type [ slurries] meals but you might try that. It's great to hear that she drinks a lot, that's still the best way to hydrate.
Yes boss, no beating people with sticks of any size - promise! Even if I want to; I'm tiny and as threatening as an angry Whinnie the Pooh.
The vet gave me liquid calcium and vitamin paste (which they make "custom" for different lizards, so I'm not 100% what it is, but when I started giving it to her a few months ago there was major improvement).
As for the bugs/food, I blend; crickets, wax worms, silkworms and horn-worms. And then I mix the bug-goop with baby food butter squash and a bit of cat food, the calcium and vitamin paste and some water. I give her that twice a day, she always has fresh tiny cut lettuce (for water/hydration) with liquid calcium on it in the enclosure. And I give her a few water drops daily, the never really refused water. Bathe her when she gets dirty.
[Just imagine yourself trying to put live crickets in a blender. My boss almost drank the goo once, he came over to give me some docs, it was on the counter, he thought it was some protein shake, it went down like this;
Him: "Heya, can I taste the shake?"
Me: "Yeah, sure."
...
Me: "Wait what shake? What?"
Him: "The one on the counter..."
Me: "...NO! Crickets, Worms!"
...
Him: "WHAT. THE... %#$^%!!! ****** *****. Why? Why do you have...? *#@&#... What's? #@$*#@ ****. But... WHY? *******?!."]
Had to ad something funny to the thread so it's less depressing.
Can I give her bio veggie juice? (Tomatoes and carrot juice?) And is orange juice safe or is it too acidic?