Here is a picture of my cute little hatchling. They are all so cute, aren't they?
I got this baby and one other clutchmate from a friend of mine through my CTTC club. They hatched end of May to beginning of June so I say "June 1st" as a round off birthday.
One baby started with slow growth but has since doubled in size and gained lots of weight. That baby is doing super
This little baby is the one loosing weight. She came to me at the end of July weighing 32grams. Very active and eating. Lives in a tank converted to closed chamber with the hot and humid method. Sept 1st, a week after she came home I weighed her again at 30grams. I figure no big deal about that though. She is still active and eats great. Each morning she is soaked in her own tub then fed a mazuri/ grass and weeds mixed breakfast. Eats great. Food is constantly available in the enclosure and she gets out for an hour or 2 a day in a heavily planted pen where she can graze..which she did. Cuttlebone is available always and minerAll is given once a week in the Mazuri breakfast.
The last week of Sept I noticed she wasn't eating her breakfast at all anymore. She wasn't active anymore either. Her eyes are always closed and she didn't move. Wherever I plop her down is where she stays. She was still pooping in her soaks. Although not as much and sometimes it was white, mucousy looking. IMO it didn't look like urates though.
Weighed her again Oct 1st and she was 25grams. The past few days I have tried extra soaks and extra feeding (even romaine) but she isn't interested.
Today I weighed her, 22 grams and the plastron is very soft and squishy.
She hasn't moved from where I put her. (like in the picture)
I'm sad. I'm going to the store today for carrot baby food to start those soaks.
Again the other baby is great. My 2 yearlings are great. My 18mo old I raised from a hatchling is great. It's just this one little one. The symptoms sound like Hatchling Failure Syndrome. If so, there really isn't anything I can do.
As far as I know the other 8 babies from the clutch that my friend still has are fine.
Am I just playing a waiting game now?
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I got this baby and one other clutchmate from a friend of mine through my CTTC club. They hatched end of May to beginning of June so I say "June 1st" as a round off birthday.
One baby started with slow growth but has since doubled in size and gained lots of weight. That baby is doing super
This little baby is the one loosing weight. She came to me at the end of July weighing 32grams. Very active and eating. Lives in a tank converted to closed chamber with the hot and humid method. Sept 1st, a week after she came home I weighed her again at 30grams. I figure no big deal about that though. She is still active and eats great. Each morning she is soaked in her own tub then fed a mazuri/ grass and weeds mixed breakfast. Eats great. Food is constantly available in the enclosure and she gets out for an hour or 2 a day in a heavily planted pen where she can graze..which she did. Cuttlebone is available always and minerAll is given once a week in the Mazuri breakfast.
The last week of Sept I noticed she wasn't eating her breakfast at all anymore. She wasn't active anymore either. Her eyes are always closed and she didn't move. Wherever I plop her down is where she stays. She was still pooping in her soaks. Although not as much and sometimes it was white, mucousy looking. IMO it didn't look like urates though.
Weighed her again Oct 1st and she was 25grams. The past few days I have tried extra soaks and extra feeding (even romaine) but she isn't interested.
Today I weighed her, 22 grams and the plastron is very soft and squishy.
She hasn't moved from where I put her. (like in the picture)
I'm sad. I'm going to the store today for carrot baby food to start those soaks.
Again the other baby is great. My 2 yearlings are great. My 18mo old I raised from a hatchling is great. It's just this one little one. The symptoms sound like Hatchling Failure Syndrome. If so, there really isn't anything I can do.
As far as I know the other 8 babies from the clutch that my friend still has are fine.
Am I just playing a waiting game now?
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