Severely dehydrated veiled/ protruding wounded stomach

[Prana shakti]

Hello all

I have a 2(?) year old veiled female who is very very dehydrated. To the point where the tips of her eyes have actually sunk deeper than her eye socket.

I rescued her from a very bad owner about 6 months ago, she was very badley burned on her stomach from climbing the side of her cage, the lights were basically flush with the side of her cage. It was agony healing her and watching what the poor thing went through.

The first issue that has me confused is her stomach. Since it healed it is nothing more than a stretchy white patch (1/2 of her stomach) that swells immensely and sags like a bag...usually after she has eaten, sometimes all on its own.
But other than that she was active and very healthy.

2 weeks ago she started appearing dehydrated and I have done everything that any website has recomended minus the shower ( can't touch her) . She is now falling off of her branches ( no sign of bone disease?) and I cannot get her to drink!! I have resorted to squirting water into her mouth when she gets a cricket...but she is getting worse everyday.

Any ideas? Thank you!

 

[carol5208]

can you get some pics up of her so we can check her out? Is there anyway you can get an eye dropper and drip water on her nose to try and get her to drink. you can also soak some of her feeders in water. If you feed worms, put them on a branch and then let the water drip on them. These are some of the things I do for my one guy who does not like to drink!

 

[DavidBuchan]

Hello, welcome to the forum If she is still eating ok then you should be able to get enough water into her. Maybe even inject water into a worm with a syringe.
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