Gregg M said:
It could be crypto but you can not tell that from the spot on it stomach...... Any of the various parasites can cause that leo to loose weight to the point where you will see that..... If it is crypto a regular fecal will do you no good anyway....... But any of the other parasites can be found and treated faily easily...... I do not believe for one second that your vet will not do a fecal check on an animal he or she has not seen...... I have been dealing with reptile vets for years and not one has ever told me they can not do a fecal on an animal they never saw...... Most vets do not see venomous snakes but will do a fecal for me no problem if my regular vet is out of town...... Infact all of my new arrivals get a fecal done without going to a vet...... These are all just lame excuses if you ask me....... At one time I had no job while keeping reptiles and I still managed to get them to a vet if needed...... If you are buying a house you must have some sort of budget set right???? Well if you take 25 bucks from each budget, you can afford a vet visit...... Take that leo to a vet because if it is not crypto. you can fix the problem...... Even if it is crypto there is a new drug out that erradicated the crypto parasite in humans but works just as well in reptiles....... But I guess what I am saying is going in one ear and out the other....... You are going to let that one die and you will just go out and buy a hyglow or a hybino for 10 times what a vet visit will cost you......
A. yes my herp vet does make me bring new new reptiles so he can thouroughly examine them. yes there are several other herp vets in my area, but out of them all this one seems to know his stuff.
B. most of my new arrivals get vet checks too, as a matter of fact i have spent almost $700 this year on vet visits between my reptiles and mammals. all, but 2 of my leo's have been to a vet (the patternless albino and one my g/f got 2 weeks after him)
C. i only asked about a hlygo/hybino/sunglow out of curiosity if would be any good to mate with. i didnt say i was going to buy one. i was wondering on how those albino genes would be passed scince my whole topic was on genetics.
Gregg i dont even know why your arguing with me and trying to say i am lying. i guess its popular with fauna to assume everyone is B.S'ing all the time, but i am not. if i didnt care about him or i didnt want it and would let it die anyways i would bag him up and freeze him alive, i shure wouldnt let him suffer to death. My name maybe bringerofdoom on here, but it should not be associated with my care of animals.
i was not expecting him to be sick, 2 of my future leo breeders came from petco out of all the places and they were proven fine by a vet (i know, big shock to me too) needless to say i was stubborn at first and figured that he was just neglected. to me its bad timing that it happend right now, but as i said before i do plan on getting it to the vet next week. i have tried everything this week to get it to the vet (even tried to borrow money for it, reguardless of the ammount).
next week will be a different story, cause i know ill get more money then, i run my own computer repair shop out of my home. the first 2 weeks of every month seem to boom i get some pc sales and a bunch of repairs done. the last 2 weeks can be slow and october was THE slowest month out of my year, so far. im hoping it should be soon when ill be able to get to the vet as i have done one repair yesterday-today and i should be leaving soon for a onsite repair. i only whish i was able to get away with charging what most pro pc repair shops charge i would have the money already. (you know 30-50$ dianostic fee + work, i only charge for the work). needless to say i have to go and try to make some more money.
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions and help, i hope he can get better after i get him to the vet this week.