Hi gang, Thanks so much to all who wrote words of encouragement recently :)
I wrote a few days ago about Mrs. Hou, the Standing's day gecko that went downhill literally overnight. There is some minimal improvement. She's taking Pedialyte off a dropper still (she likes the grape flavored :), and she did eat a *tiny* bit of baby food, about the size of a dime. She's also licking the sides of the tank when she's misted (tongue does not look red). She is, however, making awkward, jerking movements when she walks, and I'm concerned about hypo/hyper calcemia. (I'm holding supplements, I can always restart them. She was supplemented with Mineral I when she was hand fed). Her color looks very good today (nice and blue), and she seems a lot more alert and oriented, and active in the tank. If she stays this way today, we'll try a 'crippled' cricket, so she doesn't have to work to catch it. What I'm not doing however, is getting my hopes up; she is at least ten years old. The male is doing wonderful, but as we all know, they don't have the same stresses - egg laying, etc. (she hasn't been bred in four years now; she's a mom to over two dozen babies in the past). She was elevated to 'pet' status after the male really began beating her up during mating. We're doing what we can to make her comfortable, and if she does pass to the great trees in the sky, at least she'll have gone loved and hopefully somewhat comfortable. 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. ###########################################################################
