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Post by ozziesmum Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:13 pm

Sorry should have attached this with my question.

Care Questionaire:

About your leo:
- Sex - unknown
- Age & Weight - approx 3 - 4 months
- Morph (if you know) - SHT
- How long have you owned your leo - 2 months
- Where was he/she obtained (Pet store, breeder, wild caught, etc.) - breeder
- Is your leo wild caught or captive bred - CB

A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo - 2 - 3 minutes a day ( still settling in)
- Is your leo acting any different today? If so how - hiding more and reluctant to eat without a bit of tempting.
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe. - partial leg amputation as a hatching.
B) Fecals
- Describe-Do they look any different than normal - no different to normal just less often.
- When was the last time he/she went - last night.
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem/issue you are experiencing and how long it has been going on - quieter and little interest in food (apart from waxworms).

Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size - 3 foot wooden viv (exotic)
- Type (ex. glass tank, screen enclosure, tub kept) - wood
- Type of substrate (sand, vinyl tiles, ceramic/stone tiles, etc.) - slate tiles
- Hides (how many, location and type (hothide, humid hide, regular hide etc.) - 7 - 2 warm end, 2 mid way 1 being the moist hide, 3 cool end.
B) Heating
- What is your main heat source (heat bulbs, under tank heat mat etc) **Please include the brand and size of your UTH if you use one** - UTH microclimate (large)
- What are your cage temps (hot side and cool side) - hot end 85 - 92. cool end 72 - 76
- Method of regulating your heat source (thermostat, rheostat, light dimmer etc.)- thermostat microclimate.
- What are you using to measure your temps (probe thermometer, infrared lazer tempo gun, stick on temp gauge, etc) - 2 x probe thermos 1 each end
- Do you have any lights (describe type (red,blue, basking etc) and cycle duration) - none
C) Cage mates - none
- How many (males, females)
- Describe health, or previous problems of cage mates N/A

Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What are you feeding - mealies
- How often are you feeding your gecko and how much per feeding? - daily 8 to 10 per feed
- How are you feeding (hand fed, tongs/tweezers, left in dish, ect) - placed in view with tweezers.
B) Supplements
- What calcium suppliment are you using (please include brand) Komodo Repto calcium dust.
- What multi vitimin are you using (please include brand) - Komodo Repto suppliment with D3.
-How are you implimenting your suppliment program (how often do you dust with each suppliment, do you leave calcium in the tank 24/7 etc.) - dust each feed and calcium left in viv 24/7
- What are you gutloading your feeder insects with - bug grub and fresh fruit and veg.
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Post by kathstew Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:10 am

As the weather gets cooler, your leo is probably going into brumation. Brumation is kinda like hibernation. Here is a good article on brumation: http://lllreptile.com/info/library/care-and-husbandry-articles/-/reptilian-brumation/

You can try bumping up the temperature of your UTH, and misting the tank a bit daily (as the weather gets colder the humidity gets lower, so you gotta raise the humidity a bit).

Just keep offering food, and he will eat, just not as much. Its normal. Smile
I currently have a few leos going through brumation. Its a bit stressful on us, but pretty normal. Smile
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Post by ozziesmum Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:21 am

Thanks for replying Kathryn, they sure know how to worry us don't they. I'll have a read through the link when I get home and then hopefully I'll get a good nights sleep Smile
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