An update for those possibly in a similar situation and asking the same questions:
After a few days under the MegaRay, Leo became significantly more active. His eyes healed after a week of eye drops and the one thing that concerned us was his stomach must've got very upset after the antibiotics and vitamins treatment. He started pooping regularly, but very little at a time, and it was very moist and light brown in consistency, as if just some baby food mixed in with his urate... It did not smell at all though.
But.. we eventually caught him eating by himself, which was still very little, only a few bites of greens per day, so we thought if something that moves might spark his interest. Well, live crickets were apparently too much, but live mealworms seemed to do the trick. He now eats two to four of those a day (in addition to the few bites of greens), and for the past few days he has been HYPER active - he jumps around trying to get out of the tank and we caught him head bobbing, which he never used to do before! His beard also got black a few times. He still sleeps much more than back in the summer though, and hides under the log later in the day.
Given all this, we were just about to say "okay, it was rehearsal for next year's brumation" (especially since he's right on the verge of turning one), but in the past couple of days I thought his (now regular and still small) poo didn't look right to me - it had a good deal of liquid in it and one time he just "peed", for the lack of a better word, as there was no poop whatsoever, he just lifted his tail while sitting on his log (and normally he ALWAYS climbs on top of his tree to poop) and sorta let some gooey liquid out. Pardon the graphic description here, but my wife claimed it must've been "marking his territory" or something to that extent!
Like, she thinks he's a growing boy now and it was a sign of puberty or something... I just really don't know what to think of that one. And, to add the latest event to all this, she says his poop was actually watery AND smelly just earlier today. He was treated for parasites in August/September and the vet said he wouldn't get anything for at least six months.
So.. can anyone tell me anything regarding all this? Or, do you know of a "guaranteed good" vet somewhere around the border of LA and Orange Counties? (Long Beach/Cerritos/Lakewood/La Palma, etc).. I would really appreciate it, as I think that even our doctor is good, a second opinion from someone who experienced people here think knows what he is doing would be the right thing to do for Leo's ultimate good.
Thank you.