HELP! health question

[Wilma]

my albino leo pair of girls have a blue blotch running under the skin of the lower abdomen, any ideas? my normals don't have this :S The have peatmoss and vermiculite humid hide, mealworms for food, dusted once or twice a week, water dish, and clay hide. I just noticed it today as I was moving them into their new cage. The heat is propably not as hot as it could be, I will check tonight before comming on tomorrow.

Any help is so appriciated!! I don't want to loose them!! Egg bound perhaps? they were with a male 3 months ago, but never laid eggs... and anything resembling forming eggs (if possible? are off to the side one on top of the other, most likley organs not eggs. *sob* Any ideas??

[Leo-Land]

Does it look anything like this?

http://www.leo-land.net/belly2.jpg

If so, it's just a vein. That is a pic of my female leo when she was gravid, but non-gravid leos have it as well.

[Wilma]

yes! very similar but brighter and ther eis a spot just of the the side of the same colour and there is slight swelling on the abdomen and two round circles on the right side one on top of the other (doesn't look like eggs to round and hasn't l;aid before or been with a male since about 3 months ago)

[Pres.Nixon]

Well if its a blotch watch out but if its a line its fine. hey that rimed lol any ways yeah mine died from something called cryptos and she had a blotch which I think alice gave me this info any ways good luck

[Alicewave]

Can you post a pic of it? I don't know much about Albinos but it could just be an organ or something.

[Wilma]

I don't have a way to get a picture of it, but ya, its blotchy... what is cryptos? What causes it? Is there treatment?

[Wilma]

ok, just looked up cryptos, I hope it isn't that... I will try and handfeed tonight and post again with results on her appitite.

[Emily-Fisher]

Maybe it's her stomach? Or insides or maybe she has an impaction? I'm just brainstorming...but i hope i am helping!

[Alicewave]

Crypto is a very nasty parasite that is in most cases fatal. There is no sure-fire treatment except one that is still in experimental stages and will cost you a bundle to swing. Right now it looks like the side effect of the treatment is that the Leos stop feeding and may live normal lives with the exception that they need to be force fed. At least that's happening with the person who has posted here a few times on the subject.

[Emily-Fisher]

*ghasp* Alice...that sounds horrible :(:( I hope thate he doesnt have it!

[Pres.Nixon]

Yeah my tangerine died like that it was terible I pray that yours dosnt have it

[eyespy]

I'm hoping and praying that you are just seeing the liver and gallbladder and some very full intestines after a good meal but if it's blotchy I'd say don't muck around here, get to a reptile vet as soon as possible.

[matt_winter]

It looks to me as if its only a veine. One that sticks out alot.

Godd loucj with him/her anyways

[Wilma]

hey, thanks for the replies! One girl appears fine, eating and drinking and basking and it looks more like a vein. The other is in a shed so its hard to tell about eating and such, but I will be taking a better look tonight.

Cross your fingers for us!