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03-09-05, 06:17 PM
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A bit of Help!
Ok, I'm asking my fellow Rhac owners for a bit of help and advice.
Last night, I went to look at 3 cresteds for sale, long story short, the owner was going to school out of province, had someone "caring" for them. The owner had decided to sell them.
So the 1st one I see, no tail, not a big deal, 2nd one nice and healthy looking. It was the 3rd one that broke my heart, nothing but skin and bones.
The 3 of them had been in a 10 gallon tank with a couple of small cardboard boxes(read- very small) and nothing else.
Anyway, I think some ppl will tell me the best thing to do was to have left them there, but I took them, cause I just couldn't leave them there under that kind of care.
Ok, so I have them all Quarintined seperately of course. I got them home did a quick weigh, the skinny one is just under 30g. Did I mention that they're all around 2 years old.
I gave "Skinny" a good portion of a bit of baby food, with alot of Gargoyle Diet food about a tablespoon and it was clean this morning. I used the GCD cause it has a few more nutrients for them, correct?
The pet store didn't have any liquid calcium, so i grabbed a bottle of Exo Terra's Electrodize Supplement. Has anyone ever used this?
Gave them all a good misting too and they were very thirtsy!!
I offered Skinny babyfood on my finger and she was almost trying to swallow my finger eating it!!!
Other than being underweight she seems ok. The size of the big girl makes me believe beside the neglect of care, there might have been some bullying from the larger girl.
Anyways any advice or tips would be very appreciated.
here's a quick pic I took of the 3, Skinny is the greenish one on the right. Thanks again!
clint
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03-09-05, 06:40 PM
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It's good that you have them all seperated...If they are 2 years old chances are they have been breeding and then neglected with proper supplements. The GGD contains more protein. It's a good choice for their condition. Gut loaded Crickets dusted will help them gain weight more rapidly. I would feed them every other night. If they aren't eating the GGD just stick to the crickets for now. You can always introduce it later when they are more healthy..better yet dust the crickets in it once a week for that matter. It won't hurt to try. I haven't use that exo stuff but it will probably help a lot for what you have described..nice looking geckos none the less. Goodluck!
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03-09-05, 07:26 PM
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Chances are "skinny" is skinny because she wasnt able to compete for food with the other two bullying her. Just keep her on a high calcium high protien diet and make sure she gets some vitamin d3. If she is eating the way you have explained it Im almost positive she will make a full recovery. Live crickets are a good way to put on weight, no supplement will ever be better than the real thing. Good luck and conrats on the new additions!!
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03-10-05, 03:37 PM
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Keep us updated. Best of luck!!!
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03-10-05, 09:08 PM
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Thanks guys!  She ate another bowl of mix last night, but doesn't seem very interested in Crickets. A bit of improvement in her colour, plus a dozen or so dalmatian spots popped up, which she didn't have the other night. More active too! Thanks again!
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03-10-05, 09:10 PM
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Glad to hear she is doing well! What a nice pair you will have Trades? Hee hee
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03-10-05, 09:15 PM
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Dave - I'm sure I'll have an itching for a creamsicle or 2 sometime soon
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03-10-05, 09:19 PM
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I have a few surprises coming up...
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03-10-05, 09:20 PM
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Excellent, can't wait to see
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03-10-05, 09:28 PM
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They are not red harleys or creamsicles though..My red harley and neon orange pair are about to have their first clutch. In fact my females seem to be in sync. Three are doing the pre shed tonight.
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03-10-05, 09:29 PM
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Nice!!! Good luck, keep us updated, should be some awesome babies
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03-10-05, 09:37 PM
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I'm not sure if I'm getting a table for april I will have month old hatchlings at that time..First time owners seemed to avoid the smaller ones. Even though they are started on crickets and cgd. Age makes people feel more Comfortable I guess.
A Month old is the minimum selling age I think. I bought a scale today to weight them.
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03-10-05, 09:40 PM
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Yeah, I'm still a ways off from having a table anytime soon, the earliest I'm thinking might be in the Fall
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03-10-05, 09:40 PM
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You might want to get a scale for you new females. If they start to gain weight rapidly they should be able to breed in a couple of months.
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03-10-05, 09:43 PM
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Possibly sooner if you offer them an all cricket diet with ggd once a week
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