Thank you! This is a long-winded response so I’ll highlight questions.
She is eating the baby food. I think she likes it. She’s still so sleepy so it’s hard to tell. Much more alert than a week ago but still sleepy. I tried a little butternut squash today and got the plain calcium that I’ll start sprinkling on daily.
Any dosage recommendations on the grapefruit and grape seed extracts? With grapefruit seed, I usually put a few drops in an ounce of water. Even one undiluted drop is so strong. I could put ten drops in an ounce of water but only give her a few drops of the diluted mixture if that works. But please advise if you have a better solution!
For the grape seed extract, would
this be a good formula to try? Maybe just a drop of it?
I’m still learning so much from you all and from observing her. I might start feeding her just in the morning and moving her baths to later in the day. Her last bowel movement was 5 days ago and it came at night so maybe food with coconut or olive oil in the morning, a good long bask and then a
bath later in the day might help move things.
If I just do one feeding a day, would 2 ml be too much in one sitting?
She is moving better than she was a week ago but still not mobile enough to move between warm and cool sides, so I am doing my best to observe her and go off of the signs she gives me as far as adjusting her temperature. I’m letting her sleep at a cooler temperature ranging around 77-80 degrees, when I wake her up, I put the
UVB light and basking light on and let her get some rays for a while before feeding her. I keep very careful track of the basking surface temps and keep them around 95-98. I take her out of her terrarium to eat. I was doing baths at this time but again I’m going to try them later in the day to see how that works. Today I tried holding her against my chest/shoulder and walking her around for a bit. After she eats, I let her bask for at least two hours then turn off the basking light for about two hours. The temperatures go down to about 86 during that time. I’ll go on and off with the basking light all day. I don’t know if this is right but she seems to like getting a break from it. She usually looks really good color wise in the morning and through the day but she’s been getting a little pale at the end of the day under the basking light. Again I’m keeping the basking temperature around 95-97. I’m still trying to get her
hydrated so maybe that’s why. Or maybe she’s just ready to go to bed. Throughout the day under the basking light she looks good, it’s just that last one before lights out when she gets a little pale.
Any guidance on what I’m doing and if it seems right or wrong would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much for your time and advice and help!
