3 Cats and a Lizard

Tonite.. after her bath.. Zoey finally shed her head completely... now just the tail to go.. her body has yet to change to the milky color..so perhaps she had shed that at the pet store.

She has been a bit grumpy or the past couple days and hasnt pooped in about 4 .. but still eatting her crix... so now that the ordeal is over... Im sure she will go back to her sweet self.

Tomorrow she gets a new tank also! We are picking up a 50 breeder.. that should do her for awhile :)

This candle burns tonite to light Zakota's way across the Rainbow Bridge

We will miss you little buddy.

Woohoo!

Its Friday!! Well for Zoey that means cage cleaning day :)  When I got home. I found poop as usual.. Ive come to know it will just be there from now on :)  I also found that she must have had a fun day, as she ate quite a bit of her salad, but the rest was tossed around the cage hehe

She was sitting on her basking rock when I came in, staring at the new desert background that wraps around the back and sides of her tank.

By the end of this month, we will be ordering the 65 gallon tank from http://glasscages.com

With her tank cleaned, I decided to bake her driftwood and put it back in the tank. She loved it so much last time. And I think its good for her to be able to get up close to the UVB/UVA lights.

Tank temps have been amazing good considering we still have the 10 gallon. I hope she can hold out til the end of the month for the bigger tank hehe

We have also decided to just go with repti carpet or indoor/outdoor carpet as substrate. Safer and actually pretty easy to clean. So the new challegne will begin when the big tank comes.. on how to heat, light and decorate it :) Anyway she is sleeping right now... good lil one she is .. she hits the hay no less than 5 minutes after the lights go out :)

Oh and btw.. Krystal at Petco thinks she might be a HE!! Well no matter :)

Well its been awhile... and alot has happened....

Ill start at the beginning...

9.8.04
Mike and I took Zoey over to Petco. She still wasnt pooping and they said they would get a vet to see her if that is what she needed. She ate a normal dinner and some greens with apple juice. Krystal at Petco said Zoey looked very healthy. Good gum color, very alert, good size .. still I asked if they would have her checked out.
I had to sell her back to the store so they could take over ownership and have her seen by the vet. Sadly we did this. I typed out a 2 page letter entailing everything about Zoey over the past 12 days and gave it to Krystal.

9.9.04
I called Petco and Kystal said Zoey had gone to the bathroom! She was eatting well, and the vet simply wanted to monitor her for 3 days. I was a bit irritated that they had not even done a fecal on her, but not much I could do but sit and wait as I didnt own her anymore.

9.10.04
Called Petco after work and they said she was still doing well. Eatting like 12 crix and 10 mealies (which I asked them not to feed her *sigh*) and salad. We asked the lady (not Krystal) if we could come get her. The girl said yes. So I was doing the happy dance while getting ready. 10 minutes later the phone rings and the girl says we cant pick her up til the vet releases her *moans* She tells us the vet will see her Saturday. Ok well I only have to wait til the morning now.. Ill make it I think.
30 minutes later Petco calls back and says that the vet wont be in til Monday. Oh my God! This is really starting to piss me off. But again not much I can do.

9.11.04 and 9.12.04
crappy weekend.

9.13.04
Called Petco at lunch time and they said we could pick her up the vet thinks she is fine. So after work we rush over to the store, rebuy her back and head home. She looked great. And I think she grew! hehe

9.14.04
no poop but thats ok ... she ate about 20 crix and salad, and I figure its just stress of readjusting

9.15.04
we have poop... a bunch more crix and salad.. she is an eatting machine! I started bringing her back out of her cage, so she can get use to us again :)

9.16.04
again poop :))) still same great appetite. Another run around the room and hanging out on my arm

Current Mood: grateful

Ive been doing some research on alternative live food choices for Zoey, as I really HATE crickets.

What I came up with were silkworms. The are suppose to have more nutrients. The big plus however is they dont JUMP! and make noise!

Im all for that.. seems like a win win situation. The place I bought them from is called : http://www.mulberryfarms.com/index.htm

Im getting 100 JUV for $11 plus a trial of food for em.

Ill yell when I get em.

Current Mood: horny

Today Zak (Brett's beardie, and Zoey's long distance boyfriend) got his first glimpse of Zoey.

I think is was love at first sight!

Current Mood: accomplished

Well I guess the title says it all! And a picture is worth a thousand words!

The Story behind the poop...

Mike and I had decided to take Zoey back to the pet store, because she still had not gone...So I rushed home from work, wrote the vet a letter, and packed Zoey up.

We dropped Joseph off to stay with his granddad for a bit... and Mike and I headed to the store.

When we got there.. I opened the box a bit to make sure she was ok .. and I was greeted with the above image! Boy I have never been so thrilled to see poop!

We headed back home after picking up Joseph. With Zoey back in her tank, I dropped in a few dusted crickets cuz she had not eatten yet today... she gobbled em down quick.. bout 5 of them. She then spent the evening... being happy from what I could tell. Running around, climbing on her driftwood. Looking out at us to see what we were doing.

I started to think... "she really doesnt use her basking area anymore" So I decided to test it.. with the temp gauge right on the rock, I realized the direct temp was 115-120!! Way too hot! No wonder... So I removed a layer of rock and re ran the test.. go the temp down to 100 at the hottest. Zoey decided to come over and check out the temp gauge sitting there. First she tasted it a few times.. Yuck! Then she decided to try and push it off her rock, with both arms.

She is asleep as I write this. She is tucked up in the back corner, with her nose to the glass. Silly girl!

Anyway Im just thrilled that the day has come.. now if she keeps this up ... *crosses fingers*

I will say the markings on her belly have lightened dramatically.

Night all .. sleep tight :)