Urate question and Crypto Update

[sunshine-x]

Good news - my leo is doing well. She STILL won't eat on her own though, and her urate (the white hard thing in poop) is kinda crystal looking and yellow for the past 3 or 4 poops. What could that mean?? Any ideas??

It's been about 2 or 3 weeks since she finished her crypto meds (Nitazoxanide aka Alinia) and she still won't eat on her own, but her poop is solid and she's active again.

I've offered mealies etc but no luck.. They used to be her fav. Up until a week ago, I was feeding her the Walkabout Farms food (0.5 cc) once a day.

Because she has a lot of body fat and tail fat (she's actually gained weight, she went from 61 to 70 grams with crypto, I attribute the gain to powder food from Walkabout Farms) so I decided to not feed her for a week to induce hunger and eating. The week is over, she won't eat still. I stuck a mealie in a straw and got her to open her mout and dropped it in. She reluctantly ate it. I got another two, and she seemed to enjoy them. Maybe she'll start to eat again now??


Anyone have any tips to help get her eating??

Thanks!!

[Samba]

Good Luck with your Leo, sorry to hear about the Crypto. If you get her to start feeding normally, let us all know how she's doin. I'm trying to fatten up my Girl, but she doesn't eat very much... Keep us updated!

[Alicewave]

Great to hear. I wouldn't worry about the urate, the look like that sometimes. Have you gotten another crypto test to see if it's gone? I would force feed her a little longer and try two weeks w/o feeding to induce hunger. that's how long it took for aurora. Hang in there!

[sunshine-x]

UPDATE - Both leos still alive and well - It's been over a year.

I lost a baby one, didn't have the meds in time for it.