stacywhite75
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Hi All
Well this all started almost a month ago. Tronte's abdomen looked swollen so I thought maybe she wasn't pooping. So I was giving her extra water to drink and was also giving her warm water soaks to try to stimulate movement of her abdomen and it didn't seem to help. I cut back on her food quite a bit and when I did feed her I just gave her wax worms or bluebottle flies. About a week and a half ago I was just giving her body an overall check and I noticed 2 cactus hairs sticking out of the side of her abdomen. Then I remembered that she did climb up on one of my cactuses. So I pulled them out and then put an Epsom salt paste on the area to draw any toxins. I did that a couple times. I thought the area might be infected and that was making her abdomen swollen. So I put her in a terrarium with a heating lamp and spray it regularly. I only seen her poop once and it was a tiny white ball and I know that they're supposed to be a little bit bigger and dark. her only symptoms would be a swollen abdomen. She still has a healthy appetite and she still drinks water she doesn't seem to be in any pain but she has a real difficult time moving around because her abdomen is so heavy and to make matters worse the toes on her raptors have broken off. Another thing I'm worried about is she should be an adult by now. She's at least 6 months old. She still is sub-adult and she should have had her final molt months ago. Hopefully someone in The Forum will have some answers and recommendations for me. She's such a sweet little girl and I'd really hate for her to pass on before her time. I'm really curious about how long they can go without molting in to an adult and if it's possible that they never turn into an adult.
Thank you
Well this all started almost a month ago. Tronte's abdomen looked swollen so I thought maybe she wasn't pooping. So I was giving her extra water to drink and was also giving her warm water soaks to try to stimulate movement of her abdomen and it didn't seem to help. I cut back on her food quite a bit and when I did feed her I just gave her wax worms or bluebottle flies. About a week and a half ago I was just giving her body an overall check and I noticed 2 cactus hairs sticking out of the side of her abdomen. Then I remembered that she did climb up on one of my cactuses. So I pulled them out and then put an Epsom salt paste on the area to draw any toxins. I did that a couple times. I thought the area might be infected and that was making her abdomen swollen. So I put her in a terrarium with a heating lamp and spray it regularly. I only seen her poop once and it was a tiny white ball and I know that they're supposed to be a little bit bigger and dark. her only symptoms would be a swollen abdomen. She still has a healthy appetite and she still drinks water she doesn't seem to be in any pain but she has a real difficult time moving around because her abdomen is so heavy and to make matters worse the toes on her raptors have broken off. Another thing I'm worried about is she should be an adult by now. She's at least 6 months old. She still is sub-adult and she should have had her final molt months ago. Hopefully someone in The Forum will have some answers and recommendations for me. She's such a sweet little girl and I'd really hate for her to pass on before her time. I'm really curious about how long they can go without molting in to an adult and if it's possible that they never turn into an adult.
Thank you
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