Post by akasha on Feb 3, 2008 19:57:28 GMT -5
Hi all! I'm Melissa from Northeast Arkansas and I am the proud servant of a juvenile Iguana named Akasha, an Anole named Gwenivere, and a new baby Water Dragon named Lestat. I am also mom to 6 dogs, a fat Siamese cat who hates his diet, and 3 parrots.
I work at a vet clinic and am about to start online vet tech courses. I used to work at the local Petco and that's sort of why I came to bring Lestat home.
He was put in a small tank with 3 other CWD's over twice his size and they all jumped him. He wasn't expected to make it but he's a trooper. He came through with scar tissue around one eye, missing one toe, two toes are just there totally unusable, and his back left leg doesn't fully extend. Not to mention the various scars overall. They had him at Petco in their "sick room" for a month in a low humidity high temp environment with only a heat lamp and a water bowl. They adopted him to me because I work at a clinic and they knew I would work to give him every opportunity possible.
He's gotten a lot greener since coming home with me, and his eye has opened back up with the increased humidity. I currently have him in a 5 gallon hospital tank with a small plant and a rock to hide in. I want to be clear that this is a VERY temporary enclosure I'm using until I know the extent of his injuries and his potential for recovery. I am experienced with animals with physical disabilities and needs for adjustments and adapted enclosures.
I am having some trouble converting him from the narrow selection of food items they fed him at Petco.
He basically eats waxworms and not much else. I have tried small live crickets and ended up feeding them to my anole because Lestat couldn't catch them.
They fed him a pinkie mouse once a week but I haven't had any luck getting him to eat them. I have thrown 3 out to the hawks already. He won't touch the fruits or veggies I've offered either. He does however enjoy the organic baby foods I have offered him. Any suggestions as to getting him to eat a wider variety of food or any enclosure ideas, I'm all ears!
I work at a vet clinic and am about to start online vet tech courses. I used to work at the local Petco and that's sort of why I came to bring Lestat home.
He was put in a small tank with 3 other CWD's over twice his size and they all jumped him. He wasn't expected to make it but he's a trooper. He came through with scar tissue around one eye, missing one toe, two toes are just there totally unusable, and his back left leg doesn't fully extend. Not to mention the various scars overall. They had him at Petco in their "sick room" for a month in a low humidity high temp environment with only a heat lamp and a water bowl. They adopted him to me because I work at a clinic and they knew I would work to give him every opportunity possible.
He's gotten a lot greener since coming home with me, and his eye has opened back up with the increased humidity. I currently have him in a 5 gallon hospital tank with a small plant and a rock to hide in. I want to be clear that this is a VERY temporary enclosure I'm using until I know the extent of his injuries and his potential for recovery. I am experienced with animals with physical disabilities and needs for adjustments and adapted enclosures.
I am having some trouble converting him from the narrow selection of food items they fed him at Petco.
He basically eats waxworms and not much else. I have tried small live crickets and ended up feeding them to my anole because Lestat couldn't catch them.
They fed him a pinkie mouse once a week but I haven't had any luck getting him to eat them. I have thrown 3 out to the hawks already. He won't touch the fruits or veggies I've offered either. He does however enjoy the organic baby foods I have offered him. Any suggestions as to getting him to eat a wider variety of food or any enclosure ideas, I'm all ears!
