I pray and hope your little one gets better. I believe there is always hope and you have to follow your instinct. May have to do everything by hand with a syringe to get him to eat and drink.
"The only surrounding this would help them blend into would be a sad clown convention".....when I seen that on the video, I sure laughed HARD!!! ROFL
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Her temperature is really low. It needs to be up higher. It depends on how old she is for how hot. She might need around 80-85 temp and 90 degree for basking.
You'll also probably want to wait until after Xmas anyway - I would worry too much to try to ship a live animal during the holiday package overload. To much opportunity for delay.
Sounds like you have internet access and sounds like your sister is smart. Just show her different links on here to care for your baby ;). Your baby needs to be safe, so I am sure you will make the right decision!
Crickets like tubes. Even if you don't have a cricket cup from a pet store, use an empty paper towel tube and they can climb up in it so they don't have to touch the crickets. Do you have a tweezers or a tongs, that could be used to pick up worms and crickets and roaches too :)