More Progress

It has been quite a while since I've posted, so I guess you would expect progress. The sad thing is that most of that time has not been consumed with stitching. I've been able to devote an hour or so a night and catch up with my DSIL. While I've enjoyed this project, I am anxious for it to end. I have a cute Halloween freebie that I would like to start on soon.

Soccer is in full swing and my weekends have been spent running around to the games. I'm managing my younger son's team, so I really need to be at all of his games. Team management is a bit more of a time soak than I originally thought. So far, my oldest son's team is in first place and my youngest is in second. I'm so happy for this as last year my oldest lost every game. It really makes for a rotten ride home when you drive 2 hours to get there and then lose.

Georgia, our leopard gecko with a peach complexion, started throwing up as well as refusing to eat. I did some research and finally found a few vets that see such critters. I should have had this information before I needed it, but I never ever envisioned having to take her to the vet. At any rate, she is now on some antibiotics and is in quarantine. She's primarily quarantined so that I can tell her poop from Savannah's poop. The vet would like to examine it to make sure she doesn't have parasites. She's now got an appetite, but I swear she seems like she cannot see well. Earlier in the week it was if she was totally blind. I could pass my hand in front of her face and there was no acknowledgement that I was there. She seems to be much more responsive now, but still not 100% with her vision. So, I'm feeding her mealworms and placing them right in front of her after wafting them close to her nose. She does seem to track them as they start to crawl around so I'm feeling a bit of relief. The thought of needing to hand feed her for the rest of her life is a time consumer that I really don't need. I'd do it, but I'd rather not. ;) She gets a spa bath every night too. This warm water will warm her stimulating her metabolism. The quicker her metabolism runs, the quicker the antiobiotics can take effect. I cannot wait for her to come out of quarantine because she sure misses her little humidity hut.

BTW, a few folks asked what a humidity hut is. A humid area will really help a gecko when it needs to shed its skin. So, what I did is take one of those little Gladlock "tupperware" bowls and put peat moss in it. The peat will hold a lot of moisture. After cutting an entrance hole and dulling the sharp edges with a flame, I put it in the warm end of her cage. Her cage has an under the tank heater on the bottom running half of its length. With the humidity chamber in the warm end of the tank, the moisture will collect in the air inside this little chamber. It even sometimes "rains" in there. I have a hard time finding it empty to add more water to the peat. Poor little Georgia's cage is not large enough to have one.

Cheers,