The End for baby Sascha, what do I do

[FancyGermanTea]

Sascha has never been quite healthy-
she got over her yellow fungus, then stopped eating, she got over that. Her body temperature was off, and i got it back up. Now she is tilting her head, laying in the sand, her eyes closed and she wont move. I don't know if she's in pain- do I put her down? I am at a loss for what to do.

clearly this is not normal- even if she gets better, she'll have another health problem soon after.

 

[ToothlessTheDragon]

i don't know if i can help but i can try,
first i need to ask a few questions.

1# what are you feeding him, and how much, how often?
2# does he have proper lighting?
3# what temps are his tank?
4# does he have a basking side and a cold side in his tank?
5# how old is he?

 

[ToothlessTheDragon]

needs to go to a vet asap
he looks dehydrated

 

[FancyGermanTea]

i don't know if i can help but i can try,
first i need to ask a few questions.

1# what are you feeding him, and how much, how often?
2# does he have proper lighting?
3# what temps are his tank?
4# does he have a basking side and a cold side in his tank?
5# how old is he?

I feed her 5-10 crickets a day with reptical on them, once a day in the morning and she is always offered fresh kale although she doesn't always eat it.
We've had problems with the lighting in the past and I replaced the bulb.
She has a basking and cold side. I have trouble keeping them warm. The basking side is about 90degrees Fahrenheit.
She is about 4 months old.
I hand feed her water every day to make sure she is getting enough hydration (4-5 times a day) but the last three days I haven't been able to get her to drink.

 

[ToothlessTheDragon]

are his poops normal?

 

[FancyGermanTea]

are his poops normal?

her poop is normal and i just got her to injest some water (by pulling her mouth open a bit and using an eyedropper)

 

[ToothlessTheDragon]

is he eating? and when was the last time you got him to eat

 

[FancyGermanTea]

is he eating?

I think she ate maybe 2 of the crickets I gave her today. Yesterday she ate all her food, but later in the day was interested, but didn't have the energy to run after 1 extra cricket.

 

[AHBD]

Poor little Sascha....definitely looks critical I agree that hydration is very important right now, give her some from the eyedropper every couple of hours, and add just a small pinch of calcium. I'm not sure she'll make it but hydration is the first priority right now. If you have a trusted, experienced reptile vet they might help. I hope for the best for poor little sweetie.

 

[FancyGermanTea]

Poor little Sascha....definitely looks critical I agree that hydration is very important right now, give her some from the eyedropper every couple of hours, and add just a small pinch of calcium. I'm not sure she'll make it but hydration is the first priority right now. If you have a trusted, experienced reptile vet they might help. I hope for the best for poor little sweetie.

I wish I had a vet to bring her to. The nearest vet who (claimed to) knows anything about reptiles didn't give her a diagnosis no matter how much I asked, told me that crickets cause impaction and I need to switch her to mealworms, and gave her meds without taking fecal samples or tests.

 

[AHBD]

That's too bad about the vet, I saw that in your thread in the behavior forum. I did reply there....what 10.0 bulb do you have ? Is it the Reptisun 10.0 long tube or a coil or compact. The latter 2 aren't good for providing UVB, you need the long tube. It may be a calcium + dehydration problem....good that you got some water in her, keep that up every couple of hours. How was she being hydrated up to now ? Just do your best and if she starts looking a little better get some baby food chicken + squash in her and try some small crickets.

 

[FancyGermanTea]

It's a coil bulb. I mixed some of the calcium powder in the water and will feed her every little bit.

 

[AHBD]

She may respond with a better UVB source....not your fault, they sell these and some dragons get by with it but some just just don't get the proper UVB from them. Can you take her out in the natural sun for a bit ? Just hold her with you or put her in the short grass if it's not blazing hot out.

 

[FancyGermanTea]

She may respond with a better UVB source....not your fault, they sell these and some dragons get by with it but some just just don't get the proper UVB from them. Can you take her out in the natural sun for a bit ? Just hold her with you or put her in the short grass if it's not blazing hot out.

It's 7:30 here and theres not much sun left, but I'll take her out in a bit.

 

[FancyGermanTea]

She may respond with a better UVB source....not your fault, they sell these and some dragons get by with it but some just just don't get the proper UVB from them. Can you take her out in the natural sun for a bit ? Just hold her with you or put her in the short grass if it's not blazing hot out.

It's 7:30 here and theres not much sun left, but I'll take her out in a bit.