Kristy_07
Very Well-Known Member
I'm going to assume my other thread was closed due to business names being mentioned (fair enough - I didn't really intend for it is be slanderous towards anyone), but I would still really love some help from anyone else in Brisbane about the conditions in the last couple of days. If the mods could appreciate that I'm legitimately looking for some advice, and I remove the business names, and the thread could be left open, that would be great.
In the space of a week, I have sadly lost 3 animals - 2 geckos and a bearded dragon.
I have some reason to be suspicious that it could be related to a bad batch of food, but was hoping for some other opinions on what else it could possibly be.
I had xrays done on the beardie before she was put to sleep, which showed two large masses in her belly, as well as lots of fluid, which was possibly an indication of a ruptured bowel.
The gexs, I don't have much information. They are kept in 100 x 30 x 50 display enclosures, in pairs (with no problems), with heat chord and thermostat on 30 deg, red sand substrate, 4 hides per enclosure (for 2 gex, hot and cold ends), watered 2-3 times per week, and since we evacuated them during floods, they had settled into eating weekly and we were trying to get them back to twice weekly feedings. They are a little on the skinny side (which I've attributed to stress of evacuation and all the shuffling around since?), but otherwise behaving normally.
I fed them 2 nights ago. One died within the next 24 hrs, and another within another 12hrs. The beardie was behaving normally, and living in same conditions as she has lived happily in for 6 years, was fed and watered on Tuesday night, and we had her put down Wednesday night.
The crix were looking as per normal.
The only other factor I can think to include is the heat - yesterday, my house probably peaked in the mid-30s, even with the fans going (no A/C).
I was wondering if anyone, particularly from Brisbane, and particularly in light of the geckos, could give me some insight into whether this sounds like it could be food related, or husbandry related?
These are my first geckos, so, while I feel horrified to think it was a husbandry issue, I'm happy to accept that I've made mistakes, if that's the case.
Would really appreciate any input on what this sounds like to those with more experience than I. Husbandry? Possibly food? Something else?
Thanks in advance.
In the space of a week, I have sadly lost 3 animals - 2 geckos and a bearded dragon.
I have some reason to be suspicious that it could be related to a bad batch of food, but was hoping for some other opinions on what else it could possibly be.
I had xrays done on the beardie before she was put to sleep, which showed two large masses in her belly, as well as lots of fluid, which was possibly an indication of a ruptured bowel.
The gexs, I don't have much information. They are kept in 100 x 30 x 50 display enclosures, in pairs (with no problems), with heat chord and thermostat on 30 deg, red sand substrate, 4 hides per enclosure (for 2 gex, hot and cold ends), watered 2-3 times per week, and since we evacuated them during floods, they had settled into eating weekly and we were trying to get them back to twice weekly feedings. They are a little on the skinny side (which I've attributed to stress of evacuation and all the shuffling around since?), but otherwise behaving normally.
I fed them 2 nights ago. One died within the next 24 hrs, and another within another 12hrs. The beardie was behaving normally, and living in same conditions as she has lived happily in for 6 years, was fed and watered on Tuesday night, and we had her put down Wednesday night.
The crix were looking as per normal.
The only other factor I can think to include is the heat - yesterday, my house probably peaked in the mid-30s, even with the fans going (no A/C).
I was wondering if anyone, particularly from Brisbane, and particularly in light of the geckos, could give me some insight into whether this sounds like it could be food related, or husbandry related?
These are my first geckos, so, while I feel horrified to think it was a husbandry issue, I'm happy to accept that I've made mistakes, if that's the case.
Would really appreciate any input on what this sounds like to those with more experience than I. Husbandry? Possibly food? Something else?
Thanks in advance.