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Our little girl is named Solosis, a fiesty little veiled we've had for about five months. She's always been an angry little girl who liked us for food and nothing else- but we all loved her nonetheless.
Yesterday, however, something very odd happened? My mother went to feed her, but Solosis had fallen down towards the bottom of her enclosure, looking a little. Dead
When previously moving to touch her sides made her puff up (or open her mouth if she was hungry), when we went to pick her up she barely responded.
When we confirmed she was perfectly alive we ran her to the vet to get her looked at. There the vet told us that she was fine for the most part- the unresponsiveness was likely a bit of shock from the fall- but had far too little calcium in her diet, and needed a few more crickets throughout the day (we had been feeding her 3 or 4 large ones each day; some that she ate from a cup from us, some she caught herself). We had been doing a very poor job of providing her adequate amounts of vitamins.
We took her home and put her under her heat light (she lives in an 18"x18"x3', with one long thick branch connecting a basket under her light to her water drip and a few large plants) and gave her a bit of space to calm down after such a long day.
When we went to check on her once more, though, she had fallen again- this time right to the bottom of her cage. We were in a bit of a panic, and we tried to get her to eat or drink, but she just wasn't interested in anything we offered. Eventually we decided to lie her down in a large pot of one of her plants, where she would be able to pull herself up the stem if she needed to.
This morning we went back and she did indeed climb a small ways up the stem- but her eyes were a bit sunken and were very much slitted.
My mother once again thought she was dead, but when I went to gently pull her out she responded a bit and grabbed onto my hand.
She's got an incredibly strong grip on my fingers, so I'm surprised that she wasn't able to stay up on her usual perch? Two missteps in a day seems extremely unlikely.
As I'm typing this, I've tried misting a bit over her head to get a reaction. She's sitting on my thigh- I thought it might be warmer than a box with some leaves in it.
TL;DW my young female veiled suddenly fell off her perch the other day and now will only grip onto my hand- it seems like she can't hold herself up enough to keep her balance- and has not eaten nor had any water for 24 hours. I can pull her lip down a tad, but I'm terrified of hurting her.
Her cage is ~80F (85F where she basks) and fluctuates from ~40%-60% humidity between mistings. The pictures of her in my hand are from just now.
Yesterday, however, something very odd happened? My mother went to feed her, but Solosis had fallen down towards the bottom of her enclosure, looking a little. Dead
When previously moving to touch her sides made her puff up (or open her mouth if she was hungry), when we went to pick her up she barely responded.
When we confirmed she was perfectly alive we ran her to the vet to get her looked at. There the vet told us that she was fine for the most part- the unresponsiveness was likely a bit of shock from the fall- but had far too little calcium in her diet, and needed a few more crickets throughout the day (we had been feeding her 3 or 4 large ones each day; some that she ate from a cup from us, some she caught herself). We had been doing a very poor job of providing her adequate amounts of vitamins.
We took her home and put her under her heat light (she lives in an 18"x18"x3', with one long thick branch connecting a basket under her light to her water drip and a few large plants) and gave her a bit of space to calm down after such a long day.
When we went to check on her once more, though, she had fallen again- this time right to the bottom of her cage. We were in a bit of a panic, and we tried to get her to eat or drink, but she just wasn't interested in anything we offered. Eventually we decided to lie her down in a large pot of one of her plants, where she would be able to pull herself up the stem if she needed to.
This morning we went back and she did indeed climb a small ways up the stem- but her eyes were a bit sunken and were very much slitted.
My mother once again thought she was dead, but when I went to gently pull her out she responded a bit and grabbed onto my hand.
She's got an incredibly strong grip on my fingers, so I'm surprised that she wasn't able to stay up on her usual perch? Two missteps in a day seems extremely unlikely.
As I'm typing this, I've tried misting a bit over her head to get a reaction. She's sitting on my thigh- I thought it might be warmer than a box with some leaves in it.
TL;DW my young female veiled suddenly fell off her perch the other day and now will only grip onto my hand- it seems like she can't hold herself up enough to keep her balance- and has not eaten nor had any water for 24 hours. I can pull her lip down a tad, but I'm terrified of hurting her.
Her cage is ~80F (85F where she basks) and fluctuates from ~40%-60% humidity between mistings. The pictures of her in my hand are from just now.
