Elizabeth- I've always kept my leos temps at at least 85F during the day, trying to keep it at a good 88 if I can, I don't really see any reason to drop the temps lower than the norm since it is battling parasites and trying to gain weight. I use heat lamps, and I simply turn them all off when I go to bed, and the temps do not get any lower than 78F during the night. Then I immediately turn the lights back on when I wake up.
And on protecting the rest of your geckos, I simply keep a bottle of Purell Hand Sanitizer next to all the tanks, and make sure I clean my hands anytime I go from one tank to another, even if it's just taking the water dish out to refill it. Pinworms aren't air-borne, so there shouldn't be much risk by just having the tanks in the same room or next to each other. And also on a side note, make sure you don't take left over food in River's tank and toss it into another tank! Best of luck! -Karin Chan >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== >Thanks Karin, Catriona, & Lyle--- > >I really appreciate the feedback I've received from folks about River. While >I'm not exactly new to geckos, I am new to leopards. Received a healthy pair >in June, female at 57 gms and male at 75 gms. Then this rescue River who >reached his low (I hope) on 9/27/03 at 15 gms....yes, my head is shaking. Now >when I awake at night, River will get fed once. > >Do you recommend keeping him at say low to mid 80s without a temp drop to >around 75 F in his current emaciated state? > >The vet recs no more than 0.6 ml daily of syringed Reptile Fare. I'm going >to ask whether it might be a good idea to additionally syringe Pedialyte orally >and/or water. > >By tomorrow afternoon the results from the bacteria culture should be in. > >Lyle---I had previously heard somewhere about Pedialyte soaks for dehydrated >animals, so actually I had already tried several tepid soaks in Pedialyte >prior to my vet visit Sat. BUT the vet said ONLY WATER SOAKS! He said that >Pedialyte causes additional dehydration (?) and that Gatorade is even worse. > >What do you all recommend so that I can give River his best chance, yet >protect all my other geckos from any problems River has including pinworms? >River's 10 gallon is in a separate room from my other geckos, but it is right next >to the 20 housing my two other leopards. > >The moist food my vet gave me is Reptile Fare from Reliable Protein Products >(760-321-7533 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]) if the info printed in the vet's Gecko >pamphlet dated Oct 2000 is still current. > >Sorry if I have switched sexes here. River's owners think she's female and >the vet wouldn't venture a guess at this stage, but I think I see femoral >pores. > >Elizabeth > > > l l l > ^^ /..\ ^^ /..\ ^^ ^^ /..\ ^^ > l l ^^ llll \\\ > l l llll /// > l l llll \\\ > l l ~~ llll /// > ~~ ( ~~ ) ~~ ~~ ( ~~ > ) ( ) > ( ) ( > ) ( ) > lappert robert hubert > 15 yo r.i.p. r.i.p. > > (All Lepidodactylus lugubris!) _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
