RI problem urgent help

[Kelvin W]

Do not let a vet probe or pop your skink. It doesn't work well with BTS. The vet probably won't be able to do more than guess at gender like anyone else.

Thanks for that. I've wondered how it would be done to the skink with it been so smooth and no seem in it it's all defiantly sealed up lol I'll just tell him nit to if s/he try's to but surely if s/he a good herp vet he won't try

[Kelvin W]

Hi there every one haven't been on for a while been so busy I had nox to the vets last week and he says he couldn't see or hear any sings of an RI so didn't want to start any medication off.
But when I had him out yesterday and today when he was hissing noticed bubbles building up from the left side if his mouth and he had not had a drink is this normal?

[Katrina]

A bubble or two after a drink is fine.

[Kelvin W]

He had not had a drink he just ate something

[Katrina]

It's fine. A bubble or two is fine. If you notice discharge from eyes, nostrils etc then there is cause for concern. But a spit bubble or two is not a problem.

[dsteamn]

And back to the topic, there is a definite difference in lethargic and lazy. All BTS tend to be quite lazy at times, but they can snap out of it with the right stimulation (put a super worm in front of them or do something that startles them). A lethargic bts will be listless and unable to move easily. When I got my first rescue, we had him in a container with 1/2 inch of water to try and rehydrate him through the skin and he was so weak, he couldn't pick his head up out of it to save his life. We had to put a plastic lid under his head to keep him from drowning.