Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 2:50 pm
You're welcome. But truly, if he stops eating or shows any symptoms (open mouth breathing, that mucus, bubbles from the nose/mouth, etc.), he'll need more help than you can give him and quickly.
I got my RES when he was about the size of yours (he's 3 years old now) and he was in pretty rough shape--one eye was covered over with a white film (looked like a mini cocoon) and the other was almost as bad. I couldn't find any plain cold liver oil where I was, which would have helped, but I kept him warm and let him bask. He only wanted to bask and for the first 5 days I had him, I had to take him off the basking area periodically to hydrate him and get him to eat (he'd always manage to crawl back up there under the warmth). Eventually, the white film started coming off and looked like bits of wet tissue paper. He'd rub at his eyes, especially when he had dried off. But the eyes cleared up and are beautiful today. The cod liver oil is to get some Vit A in him (absorbed through the skin as well as lubricating the lids).
"You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed." -Antoine de Saint Exupery-