Hi Peoples, Sorry for all the cross-postings ....
I think I have some bad news coming (boy, when it rains, it pours!) Last evening, Dave called me at work, very upset. He found one of our favorite geckos, the female Standing's day gecko, on her back and nearly unresponsive, with the male standing over her. [These two are 'free range' in the herp room, for cricket control, but have UV light to go to and are supplemented with baby food and hand fed some crickets]. She was breathing, but limp (still don't know exactly what happened, but there is a small bite mark, presumably from him, on her neck). He did rough her up pretty good one day last week, when he was trying to mate with her. I couldn't feel any deformities or abnormalities on her spine or in her extremities, and still has decent calcium sacs. When I got home, I got a good amount of Pedialyte into her, but she threw up the baby food I tried to give her. We quarantined her to a tank that is nice and humid and warm, but today there's minimal improvement - she only moves when you pick her up. Her color and body weight look great, though. Placed a call to the vet, and of course he asked how old she was. We've had her eight years, and she was a WC adult at that, so he said, "I think you know what's going on here ..." Her name is Mrs. Hou; the male's is Houdini, because no matter what tank we set him up in, he managed to escape. :) Maybe it is her time to go. We're just trying to make her comfortable, warm and keep her hydrated. She's always enjoyed being held, so we're holding her a lot, and just hoping she eases through this. :( Barbie >^,,^< [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.tripod.com/barbieheid/ "Dogs have owners. Cats have staff." ########################################################################### THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. ###########################################################################
