Skinny!! :o
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Skinny!! :o
by Athena&Friends Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:52 pm
Care Questionaire:
About your leo:
- Sex: Female
- Age & Weight: She's a baby, and I have no idea
- Morph (if you know): Uh...
- How long have you owned your leo: about a month
- Where was he/she obtained (Pet store, breeder, wild caught, etc.): Petco
- Is your leo wild caught or captive bred: captive bred
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo: Like three times a week
- Is your leo acting any different today? If so how : NOT EATING!
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe: Nope
B) Fecals
- Describe-Do they look any different than normal: No
- When was the last time he/she went: I'm not sure
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem/issue you are experiencing and how long it has been going on: She is really skinny, her tail is TINY. She wont eat and I'm not sure if she is drinking.
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size: 20g long
- Type (ex. glass tank, screen enclosure, tub kept): glass with a screen lid
- Type of substrate (sand, vinyl tiles, ceramic/stone tiles, etc.): sand
- Hides (how many, location and type (hothide, humid hide, regular hide etc.): 2 small hiding spots
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**: Heat lamp, but she also has a Zilla heat mat
- What are your cage temps (hot side and cool side): Cool side is 80, and warm side is 96
- Method of regulating your heat source (thermostat, rheostat, light dimmer etc.):umm we dont have one?
- What are you using to measure your temps (probe thermometer, infrared lazer tempo gun, stick on temp gauge, etc): Stick on temp gauge
- Do you have any lights (describe type (red,blue, basking etc) and cycle duration): just red, on all the time
C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females): None
- Describe health, or previous problems of cage mates: None
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What are you feeding: Crickets, mealworms and dry food
- How often are you feeding your gecko and how much per feeding?: 1 cricket, and mealworms and dry food all the time
- How are you feeding (hand fed, tongs/tweezers, left in dish, ect): drop cricket in, and the meal worms and dry food are in a dish
B) Supplements
- What calcium suppliment are you using (please include brand): I'm not sure we got it from a friend
- What multi vitimin are you using (please include brand): Same
-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.): We dust the crickets with it before we feed her
- What are you gutloading your feeder insects with: Ummm we feed them cricket food?
A picture of her
About your leo:
- Sex: Female
- Age & Weight: She's a baby, and I have no idea
- Morph (if you know): Uh...
- How long have you owned your leo: about a month
- Where was he/she obtained (Pet store, breeder, wild caught, etc.): Petco
- Is your leo wild caught or captive bred: captive bred
A) Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo: Like three times a week
- Is your leo acting any different today? If so how : NOT EATING!
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe: Nope
B) Fecals
- Describe-Do they look any different than normal: No
- When was the last time he/she went: I'm not sure
C) Problem
- Please briefly describe the problem/issue you are experiencing and how long it has been going on: She is really skinny, her tail is TINY. She wont eat and I'm not sure if she is drinking.
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size: 20g long
- Type (ex. glass tank, screen enclosure, tub kept): glass with a screen lid
- Type of substrate (sand, vinyl tiles, ceramic/stone tiles, etc.): sand
- Hides (how many, location and type (hothide, humid hide, regular hide etc.): 2 small hiding spots
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**: Heat lamp, but she also has a Zilla heat mat
- What are your cage temps (hot side and cool side): Cool side is 80, and warm side is 96
- Method of regulating your heat source (thermostat, rheostat, light dimmer etc.):umm we dont have one?
- What are you using to measure your temps (probe thermometer, infrared lazer tempo gun, stick on temp gauge, etc): Stick on temp gauge
- Do you have any lights (describe type (red,blue, basking etc) and cycle duration): just red, on all the time
C) Cage mates
- How many (males, females): None
- Describe health, or previous problems of cage mates: None
Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What are you feeding: Crickets, mealworms and dry food
- How often are you feeding your gecko and how much per feeding?: 1 cricket, and mealworms and dry food all the time
- How are you feeding (hand fed, tongs/tweezers, left in dish, ect): drop cricket in, and the meal worms and dry food are in a dish
B) Supplements
- What calcium suppliment are you using (please include brand): I'm not sure we got it from a friend
- What multi vitimin are you using (please include brand): Same
-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.): We dust the crickets with it before we feed her
- What are you gutloading your feeder insects with: Ummm we feed them cricket food?
A picture of her
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Re: Skinny!! :o
by rickmoss95 Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:03 pm
just looks like a really young leopard to me. i would just feed it healthy food and give it some time. and what dry food are you feeding? i have not heard of anyone feeding leopards dry food, just curious about this.
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Re: Skinny!! :o
by Athena&Friends Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:27 pm
Thanks 
As for the food, It's something I picked up at Petco when I was getting more crickets. Its made by zoomed, and I was kind of doubtful that she would eat it, so I asked the reptile specialist and she said I could try it and if she didn't eat it I could always return it. So far she hasn't even noticed it :P
As for the food, It's something I picked up at Petco when I was getting more crickets. Its made by zoomed, and I was kind of doubtful that she would eat it, so I asked the reptile specialist and she said I could try it and if she didn't eat it I could always return it. So far she hasn't even noticed it :P
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Re: Skinny!! :o
by rickmoss95 Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:37 pm
she probably wont eat it. they are insectivorous in the wild...hope i spelled that right, lol. so the 'food' will probably have to be moving...but they do lick calcium, and even vitamin powders up, so you never know.
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Re: Skinny!! :o
by Athena&Friends Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:41 pm
Ok :P
Yeah, that was kinda my thought too....
Yeah, that was kinda my thought too....
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Re: Skinny!! :o
by Mystic Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:06 am
hello and welcome to the forum! ok i think i know why your leo isnt eating, you are going to want to take the sand out and put paper towels in with her, sand is very bad for leopard geckos and can cause allot of health problems, allot of the time pet stores will tell you to use sand and tell you its made just for leopard geckos but the truth is no matter what kind of sand it is it is very bad and inst what they should be housed on. the heat lamp could be stressing her out and hurting her eyes, leos don't use heat lamps inless they are the blue night bulb or a ceramic heating bulb that doesnt produce light. so take out the light as well. also you should get rid of the thermometer you have those don't work for leopard geckos at all because you need to read the floor temp so you should run to the pet store and get a digital prob thermometer and place the prob on the floor of the tank above the heating pad in her hot hide, those only cost like $10. also any "dry" food they have at the pet store isn't good for leo's because they actually need to see their food moving to want to eat it, they are strictly insectivores. once you get these things taken care of i think your leo will be doing ALLOT better, they need heat from the ground to digest any food. here is a link to the proper housing for leopard geckos so you can read up on it and learn tons of stuff.
http://www.leopardgeckoforum.com/t166-proper-housing-for-leopard-geckos
allot of the time the reptile "specialist" at pet stores don't know anything they are just the ones who take care of the ones at the stores so try not to take anything they tell you to seriously, doing your own research online helps allot and i know this forum is amazing with the knowledge it has on leos so im so glad you came here! also make sure the crickets are small enough for her to eat, they shouldn't be wider then the space between her eyes. also you are going to want to give her a moist hide. you can find out more about those in the thread i sent you. good luck and keep us updated on how she does!!
http://www.leopardgeckoforum.com/t166-proper-housing-for-leopard-geckos
allot of the time the reptile "specialist" at pet stores don't know anything they are just the ones who take care of the ones at the stores so try not to take anything they tell you to seriously, doing your own research online helps allot and i know this forum is amazing with the knowledge it has on leos so im so glad you came here! also make sure the crickets are small enough for her to eat, they shouldn't be wider then the space between her eyes. also you are going to want to give her a moist hide. you can find out more about those in the thread i sent you. good luck and keep us updated on how she does!!
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Re: Skinny!! :o
by Athena&Friends Sun Dec 04, 2011 3:44 am
R.I.P Athena 
We are going to set up a better tank, and then try again.
Thanks for your help
We are going to set up a better tank, and then try again.
Thanks for your help
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Re: Skinny!! :o
by smsararas2 Sun Dec 04, 2011 3:57 am
I am so sorry for your loss. Please spend some time on here getting to know us and how to help your little ones in the interim before you find a new addition. We are here to help and love to give answers.
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Re: Skinny!! :o
by kathstew Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:57 am
Oh no! I'm so sorry! RIP Athena!
I agree with Jolene, spend a bit of time on here and ask all your questions before getting another leo. I suggest not getting it from a petstore, try to find a breeder in your area.
I agree with Jolene, spend a bit of time on here and ask all your questions before getting another leo. I suggest not getting it from a petstore, try to find a breeder in your area.
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