Just rescued an Ig - Have you ever seen this?

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Posted by Ziggy's Mom on August 10, 1999 at 21:16:54:

I just got Cuddles home today and I really think she is sick. I called the vet but they cannot see me until Monday.

What do ya think?

She tends to not use her back lets but drags herself around. The whites of her eyes are red. She breaths through her mouth. When I put her in the bathtub so she could swim and just to wash her off, she almost drown because she would not lift her head at all. I found her on the bottom with her head resting on the bottom.

She is extremely tame and does to Cuddle (hence her name). Apparently, over the last year or so her appetite has declined. She is supposed to be 4 or so years old.

She was living with two heat rocks, fresh food and canned iguana food, no fluorescent on a daily basis, no vitamins, but with a heat light. She had wood shavings as a substrate.

Well, let me know what you think. I am so worried for her. Should I keep the light on for her tonight? Should I give her back her heat rock?

Any help would be appreciated.

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: I just got Cuddles home today and I really think she is sick. I called the vet but they cannot see me until Monday. : What do ya think? : She tends to not use her back lets but drags herself around. The whites of her eyes are red. She breaths through her mouth. When I put her in the bathtub so she could swim and just to wash her off, she almost drown because she would not lift her head at all. I found her on the bottom with her head resting on the bottom. : She is extremely tame and does to Cuddle (hence her name). Apparently, over the last year or so her appetite has declined. She is supposed to be 4 or so years old. : She was living with two heat rocks, fresh food and canned iguana food, no fluorescent on a daily basis, no vitamins, but with a heat light. She had wood shavings as a substrate. : Well, let me know what you think. I am so worried for her. Should I keep the light on for her tonight? Should I give her back her heat rock? : Any help would be appreciated.

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