Yes, Cierra was glad to see me and get into her warm tank!
So I fed Imp some dubia but I noticed that he can't digest the heads, or he just won't crunch it, so I'm going to help him with that and he can just take the part without the head. He's always had a different type of stomach. If I was rich, I'd get him silkworms and hornworms as they're all soft worms, but I can't afford them, so I'll have to think of something else. Maybe butterworms if I can find them.
I'm going to dig out one of the blood tests I kept and write out what was tested. You can show that to the reptile expert. So different from over here. I'll do all I can. When you get results back from the blood tests, ask for a copy and then copy it here so I can see it. After all these years of blood tests on sick beardies (6 over the last 2 1/2 yrs, it happens when you rescue, things can build up) I know a bit about the blood results. So I can help, you can tell me what the vet said and then let me know, with the results. We'll figure out what to do. There is a famous vet, Shane Simpson, who is the Reptile Doctor on Facebook, who you can talk to. I've PM's him a few times and he's the vet that confirmed about Gabriel.
Keep me posted, k?
Oh and Nathaniel was still awake today, so I figured he wasn't going to sleep any time soon, so fed him today. As soon as he had his sunshine time and ramp time, he went into his hide, not sure if he's still there. But he did have his
bath today, but 1st food in 1 1/2 mo for him. He might just be sort of done. When he was on the floor on the way back to the ramp, Bella approached him to get a sniff and he puffed out like a puffer fish, got the biggest, baddest
black beard and she backed away, because she's a good dog. I can leave her with a dragon on the ramp for a bit, and she's fine with them. I introduce them nose first, so they've all become used to her already.
Castiel has now been in his hide for 3 days, so not sure what that means. So I'm leaving him alone and keeping his lights on for now. After a week I'll give him a
bath, if he still goes there, then I'll know he's in brumation.
Cierra is up again and has been eating 4 worms a day, tomorrow she will only get 2 and then, hopefully, she'll eat her greens. They eat slowly when they wake up from even a few days of brumation. So we'll see with her, will get her up again on Sunday am. It was good that I was home today, did the calcium and baths (it's so hot here, not as hot as where you are, but hot for here.
Imp has no fear of Bella, and after the first introduction, she's now just part of the family to him, so he'll get on the other side of the living room to here, but if she goes over to him, he doesn't startle, or
black beard, he keeps his happy colours on and lets her sniff him. I'm not far away during all this but I trust Bella, I've known her for 6 years.
It's working out that Eric has a quiet place to come to. We're much alike so we get along well and he's matured alot more than we thought. It's nice to see it coming out in him, that he can talk business, that he can handle the separation and is thinking ahead. It'll take a long while before he's able to find his own place and he has alot to learn about living on his own. That's why he's in charge of himself here, I don't cook or clean up, period. He's getting the gist.
Talk to you soon, snuggles to Princess, I hope the meds are working and you figure out the weight gain. If her liver is enlarged, it can be heavier. So keep me updated, k?