Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:46 am
OK.
He was eating the turtle pellets like mad before 2 weeks ago! It has been so long, I am honestly surprised he is still thriving. He has not eaten any of the guppies as far as we could see, and no lettuce either.
He is in a seperate little tank tonight w/ 50% pedialite solution, just for the night... trying to get his electrolites up. I am also leaving the combo light on through the night as suggested by another's post.
There will be an additional light now, to make the basking temp higher. He did seem to respond to the addition of the water heater 1.5 wks. ago.
On another note, last week, my bf cleared what apperaed to be mucus from his mouth, he has had none since. That was scary though.
I cannot find a herp vet around here, and we are going away for the wknd.
We'll see. He seems to want to eat, he comes to our hand, but then opens his mouth,like we described, which doesn't seem to open very far, the throat puffs out, and he doesn't go get the floating pellet(s).
This whole thing has my stomach in knots. The longer we have him, the more attached we become!
PS) I thoroughly enjoy your qoute.
