Advice on gravid blues and supplements
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 7:43 am
So I came here a while ago with my new bluetongues and some of you mentioned it would be best to separate them in case they decided to fight or breed. While I was setting up their second enclosure they started to display mating behaviour so I cut a couple corners do separate them right away as I'm hardly an experienced keeper or a vet so breeding them seems like a terrible idea.
Guess I was too late because a blood test of the female showed abnormally high levels of calcium and phosphorus in her blood that the vet said she believes is a sign she's preparing for babies. Over the past month she's become increasingly skittish around me, gone off her food for a bit of basks all the time, and will not eat only dog food and only a tiny bit at a time.
Unfortunately despite her calcium and phosphorus being high it's still at a 2/1 ratio which means she's at risk of dipping below that if she keeps rejecting her veggies. I've been putting liquid calcium in the water but I'd really like to get more calcium and some other vitamins in her too because it's looking increasingly likely she's gravid. She basks or hides, no exploring and doesn't come ask for cuddles or to be let out anymore.
How can I get healthy nutrients in my skink when she's eating one small mouthful a day at most? Is there a limit to how much you can put on one small meal before they'll reject it or its unhealthy? This is all very new to me and I'd really like to not stuff this up so I can have a healthy skink and maybe even some healthy babies.
Also how far along well she start showing most likely? There's not a huge change in her body that I've seen so far but it's probably been a month at most since she was impregnated. Also it's hard to tell because I've been avoiding handling her and she likes to hide when she notices I'm looking at her
TIA! Sincerely, a dumbutt* who should have listened faster
Guess I was too late because a blood test of the female showed abnormally high levels of calcium and phosphorus in her blood that the vet said she believes is a sign she's preparing for babies. Over the past month she's become increasingly skittish around me, gone off her food for a bit of basks all the time, and will not eat only dog food and only a tiny bit at a time.
Unfortunately despite her calcium and phosphorus being high it's still at a 2/1 ratio which means she's at risk of dipping below that if she keeps rejecting her veggies. I've been putting liquid calcium in the water but I'd really like to get more calcium and some other vitamins in her too because it's looking increasingly likely she's gravid. She basks or hides, no exploring and doesn't come ask for cuddles or to be let out anymore.
How can I get healthy nutrients in my skink when she's eating one small mouthful a day at most? Is there a limit to how much you can put on one small meal before they'll reject it or its unhealthy? This is all very new to me and I'd really like to not stuff this up so I can have a healthy skink and maybe even some healthy babies.
Also how far along well she start showing most likely? There's not a huge change in her body that I've seen so far but it's probably been a month at most since she was impregnated. Also it's hard to tell because I've been avoiding handling her and she likes to hide when she notices I'm looking at her
TIA! Sincerely, a dumbutt* who should have listened faster