I am still very happy that he ate a cricket...

I am still very happy that he ate a cricket on his own this morning, but the rest of the day hasn't been as heartening.  First break, I could barely get any fluids in him.  Lunch was about the same.  He started looking rather bloated today, so I took him home and gave him a warm calcium bath.  Managed to get his meds in him, but nothing else.  He's clamping shut, and even when I get something in his mouth, he just lets it run out.  It's VERY frustrating.

He's been alert and even active, and seemed to enjoy being out and about today.  He went to McAlister's with us for lunch, later to BAM, and then to PetSmart.  This is him sunbathing during my lunch break.  He *seems* to be feeling a lot better than the other night, but I just wish he would eat or drink for me!  I'm hoping he'll eat another cricket in the morning.  Maybe even more than one.  We'll see.

Teal'c soaking up some sun on our lunch break.  🙂

OMFD Y'ALL...

OMFD Y'ALL - TEAL'C JUST ATE A CRICKET!  BY HIMSELF!!!  😃😃😃

I am so excited that I could just puke.  😃😃😃

Because my luck as of late is wonderful...

Because my luck as of late is wonderful... anyone have any recommendations for someone to repair an HVAC?  It's hotter in my house than outside!  🙁

These are what I did the other day.

These are what I did the other day.  The polish is Swanky Silk from the new China Glaze Bohemian Luster Chrome Collection.  It's a pretty gold / pink foil.  🙂  I wanted to stamp something feminine on top, so hello, swirly vines.  🙂

I'm off to go and do my nails again.  These are chipping.  I've had a stressful few days, so I need to relax and treat myself, if only to a new paint job.  ❤

Teal'c is still with us.

Teal'c is still with us.  I feel better about him today than I did yesterday.  He was more alert and receptive today.  He's still not eating on his own.  Everything that gets in him, gets in him because I make him eat or drink it.  😐

He's gonna be my sidekick until he's better or he dies.  I'm going to put fluids and food in him, as well as bathe him, every two hours during the day, until things are better or until there is nothing more I can do.  I love him.  It's not that hard to take care of him on my breaks at work.  He even seems to like the extra attention he's getting throughout the day.  I'm sure it's more interesting than sitting home in the cage.

So yeah.  If you see me out with a plastic box it's a box full of sickly lizard.  Hopefully, sickly lizard who's on the mend.  ❤

Teal'c is hanging in there.

Teal'c is hanging in there.  I honestly didn't expect him to be alive when I got up, but he is.  ❤❤❤

Rough night all around.

Rough night all around.  Before I went to get bugs I tried to feed Teal'c.  He was almost completely unresponsive.  🙁  This morning he was the same as he has been for a week, so it looks like he took a downward turn at some point today.  So while we were en route to Gadsden I called the vet.  They said that I was doing everything he would have told me to (thank you, Laurel and Emily), and that there was really no point in bringing him in.  That in itself was both comforting and terrifying.  If I am doing the right things, then if he doesn't make it it most likely isn't my fault.  But if I'm doing all of the right things and he's not improving, then, well... I don't want to think about it.  🙁

After I got home I tried to get his meds in him again and failed.  So I cried and snuggled him on the couch.  After a nap, he sprang up and started smacking.  We rushed and got his meds and a little bit of calorie paste in him.  Then he went right back to sleep and hasn't moved since.  I have no idea if that little bit was enough to keep him going, but I hope he hangs in there.  I am trying so hard to keep him alive.  I wish there was something more I could do.  ❤