Kipley
Active Member
A social media friend received a 2 month old hatchling via Fed Ex this morning. FB groups are telling her to get it to the vet, or telling her it will not survive. I'm trying to get her to join here, but in the mean time will ask advice for her. Hopefully she will comment and add to this later.
She got her Redfoot from a reputable redfoot breeder (has a very good reputation) who shipped it out Monday. It was supposed to arrive yesterday but got hung up for an extra day so the overnight shipping was 48 hours. When it arrived this morning she said the box was cold, the heat pack was cold and a laser temp on the baby's shell read 60 degrees! She said it was lethargic and the eyes were closed.
She soaked it in 85- 90 degree water for 45 minutes and within 3 minutes its eyes opened and within 10 minutes it was active and seemed fine. She kept it soaking and it had a good poop. She has it in an enclosed plastic tote with coir and orchid bark, humidity around 75% and she said the temps stay 85 - 80 using a CHE on one end. She said it ate some chopped greens a half a blueberry, explored half the enclosure and has been in a hide for the past 5 hours. The hide is filled with moist sphagnum. She has the CHE on a thermostat and is running an 18 inch T5 for UVB.
People have told her that getting that cold is pretty much doom for this little guy, but the breeder (whom she says feels awful about the shipping snafu) says he will recover from getting chilled as long as kept warm and humid.
She is worried sick and doesn't want to disturb him by poking around in the hide.
What advice to you fine folks have?
She got her Redfoot from a reputable redfoot breeder (has a very good reputation) who shipped it out Monday. It was supposed to arrive yesterday but got hung up for an extra day so the overnight shipping was 48 hours. When it arrived this morning she said the box was cold, the heat pack was cold and a laser temp on the baby's shell read 60 degrees! She said it was lethargic and the eyes were closed.
She soaked it in 85- 90 degree water for 45 minutes and within 3 minutes its eyes opened and within 10 minutes it was active and seemed fine. She kept it soaking and it had a good poop. She has it in an enclosed plastic tote with coir and orchid bark, humidity around 75% and she said the temps stay 85 - 80 using a CHE on one end. She said it ate some chopped greens a half a blueberry, explored half the enclosure and has been in a hide for the past 5 hours. The hide is filled with moist sphagnum. She has the CHE on a thermostat and is running an 18 inch T5 for UVB.
People have told her that getting that cold is pretty much doom for this little guy, but the breeder (whom she says feels awful about the shipping snafu) says he will recover from getting chilled as long as kept warm and humid.
She is worried sick and doesn't want to disturb him by poking around in the hide.
What advice to you fine folks have?