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    Default Re: Does my pac have vision problems? Advice, tips??

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    The good news is the weird bloating hasn't happened again since that first night.
    I'll look up some in the area and see if they'll help out over the phone. At least there should be some exotic vets around since I'm in a larger city now. If I get any helpful info I'll put it up.
    Hopefully you can find a good vet. :-) You should be able to have a fecal exam done by almost any vet, even if they don't see exotic animals (parasites are parasites after all). Most vets will let you drop off a fecal sample and they'll examine it for a small fee (varies depending on what type of test method they use and whether they do it in house or have to send it out). I would call around and see who is willing to do that. Keep us posted.


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    Default Re: Does my pac have vision problems? Advice, tips??

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    Hopefully you can find a good vet. :-) You should be able to have a fecal exam done by almost any vet, even if they don't see exotic animals (parasites are parasites after all). Most vets will let you drop off a fecal sample and they'll examine it for a small fee (varies depending on what type of test method they use and whether they do it in house or have to send it out). I would call around and see who is willing to do that. Keep us posted.

    Last night I was playing musical tanks in the reptile room, so in addition to getting new bedding and a tank cleaning, Trevor got an upgrade to a larger tank too. As of this morning she seems pretty happy, and I haven't seen her pupils acting funny since yesterday.

    Looking at the new coco-fiber compared to the last batch I got, I'm wondering if maybe something could have been off about the batch of eco-earth. I remember posting about finding a lot of rocks in that bag, and compared to the new stuff the color is really off. It's almost black, and now I realize it has a kind of 'off' smell. Not like tank-needs-cleaning sort of off, just something a little different about it. Thinking back, the first thing I did when I got home before leaving to move again was to do a tank change, and about three weeks ago was when I first noticed her acting a little different. Fingers crossed that that was the cause of it!

    Also, started using Prime-treated tap water for her.

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    She ate three roaches tonight, but only after I pushed the edge of their shells into her mouth like I would a credit card for a force feed. On the third one she took it right off though, so I'm thinking she finally figured it out. I think something is still a little off about her vision, but I'm thinking this is a step in the right direction at least.

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